Jastrow: כַּפָּרָה

כַּפָּרָה f. (כָּפַר) atonement, expiation, expiatory service. Zeb. 8ᵃ שתהא כ׳ וכ׳ that the act of expiation (sprinkling) be performed with the understanding that the sacrifice is a sin-offering. Tosef. Yoma V (IV), 6, a. e. חלוקי כ׳, v. חָלַק.—Neg. II, 1 אני כַפָּרָתָן my life be an expiatory sacrifice for them (an expression of love); Esth. R. to I, 11 א"ר איבו [אני] כ׳ של ישראל. Kidd. 31ᵇ (one reporting an opinion of his deceased father must say) כך הריני כַפָּרַת משכבו … so said my lord my father, may I be an expiation for his rest. Yoma 40ᵇ כפרת דמים atonement through blood; כ׳ דברים atonement by confession; a. fr.—Pl. כַּפָּרוֹת. Zeb. 52ᵃ (expl. Lev. XVI, 20) שלמו כל הכ׳ with this are all the acts of expiation (of the Day of Atonement) finished. Y. Shebu. I, 33ᵃ מחלוקי כ׳ about the classes of atonements (v. חָלַק). Gen. R. s. 44 כל הכ׳ הראה לו he showed him all expiatory sacrifices; Lev. R. s. 3; a. fr.