In Mandaeism, the ṣa () is a rolled-up piece of sacramental flatbread that contains nuts and raisins, is also used in ritual meals for the dead and has a phallic symbolism. It is a small round flap of unleavened bread that is rolled up like a scroll.Drower, Ethel Stefana. 1937. The Mandaeans of Iraq and Iran. Oxford At The Clarendon Press.

It is distinct from the pihta and faṭira, which are flatbreads that are not rolled up.

The ṣa is also mentioned as the 'great first sindirka (male date-palm)' in the Scroll of the Great Baptism (line 139 f.).

See also Sacramental bread Pihta Fatira

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