Kofer (כפר) is a Hebrew word that means "the price of a life", "a ransom". It has been compared to Teutonic Weregild. Among other uses, the word was applied to the poll tax of a half shekel to be paid by every male above twenty years at the census, as described in Exodus 30:11-16.

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  • Kofer (כפר) is a Hebrew word that means "the price of a life", "a ransom". It has been compared to Teutonic Weregild. Among other uses, the word was applied to the poll tax of a half shekel to be paid by every male above twenty years at the census, as described in Exodus 30:11-16.
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  • 30:11-16
  • Exodus
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  • Heresy in Orthodox Judaism
  • denial of the Jewish faith
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  • Kofer (כפר) is a Hebrew word that means "the price of a life", "a ransom". It has been compared to Teutonic Weregild. Among other uses, the word was applied to the poll tax of a half shekel to be paid by every male above twenty years at the census, as described in Exodus 30:11-16.
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  • Kofer
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