SummaryRav Papa : _Kofer_ is certainly a _kapparah_ , there is no argument in that regard. It is only a question of how the price is assessed.The Rabbanan base their assessment on the victim, because the term _hashasa_ is used by the Torah with regard to paying _kofer_ . _Hashasa_ is also used in the case of a woman who loses a fetus. There, the value of the fetus is assessed, and the payment is based on the damage done. Here too, the payment amount is based on the damage done.Rabbi Yishmael says that since _kofer_ is _pidyon nafsho_ - a redemption of his own life, his own value is assessed.The Rabbanan counter that the value of the damage is what brings about _pidyon nafsho._ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.