כּפּרהkapore meaning in Yiddish

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Atonement; sacrifice · noun, feminine

Also spelled in English: kaparah

You drop your phone and the screen shatters. Before the anger, there's another, older reaction. A word of resignation, of substitution.

ס׳איז געפֿאַלן די גאַנצע טאָרט, אָבער אַ כּפּרה, מיר זענען אַלע געזונט.

“The whole cake fell, but never mind, we're all healthy.”

Think of a time you broke or lost something valuable and your first thought was 'better it than me'.

Published 10 August 2026

Yaacov, native Jerusalemite

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