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כפרה *

* atonement

Expression used here and there by older women, especially Mizrahi women

kap.'pa.ɾa, ka.'pa.ʁa • A term of endearment by a woman towards a woman. The idea is that the receiver wards off the evil eye.

"?כפרה, את יכולה לתת לי את הסוכר"

"Dear, can you give me the sugar?"

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