פָּר

פָּר, פַּרm. (b. h.) bullock. Taan.23a פַּר הודאה the sacrificial bullock on which the owner placing his hand makes confession and prayer. Yoma III, 8 בא לו אצל פָּרוֹ he (the high priest) now stepped towards the bullock selected for his sacrifice. Gen. R. s. 44 פר יוה״כ the bullock offered on the Day of Atonement; פר הבא על כל המצות the bullock which is offered by the high priest for every transgression of a command (Lev. 4:2 sq.). Ib. s. 55; a. fr.Pl. פָּרִים. Ib. s. 44 הראה לו שלשה מיני פ׳ the Lord showed Abraham three kinds of bovine sacrifices. Par. I, 2 פ׳ בני שתים by parim (as sacrifices) are meant beeves of two years of age; a. fr.Fem. פָּרָה cow. Ib. 1 פ׳ בת שתים by parah is meant a heifer two years old, contrad, to עגלה.Esp. פָּרַת חַטָּאת, or פרה the red cow whose ashes were used for lustration (Num. 19). Ib. II, 1. Ib. 2 פ׳ שקרניהוכ׳ a red cow whose horns or hoofs are black. Ib. III, 1 כהן השורף את הפ׳ the priest designated to burn the red cow: a. fr.Pl. פָּרוֹת. Gen. R. s. 55 לבעל … שתי פ׳וכ׳ like a husbandman that has two cows, one strong ; a. fr.Parah, name of a treatise, of the Order of Kodashim, of Mishnah and Tosefta.