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חמר vb. to be stringent, make a stringent ruling (< MH חמר pe., hif. Moreshet, Lex 167; → חומר #4 , חמיר adj., חמירה ) Pe. 1. to be stringent: קלת וח{ו}מרת על דר׳ יודה קלת וחמרת על דרבנן according to the opinion of PN it is both lenient and stringent; according to the opinion of the Rabbis it is both lenient and stringent Sab 13d(3); Pes 36b(2); חומרת Git 45a(61); Naz 52a(43); San 20a(28); Hor 48a(14); Nid 49b(27); 2. to make a stringent ruling: הן דהוינן סברין דו מקללה חמר where we thought that he was lenient, he rules stringently MQ 82a(34); חמתון מקללין וחמר עליהון he saw them acting leniently and imposed stringent rulings on them AZ 41d(60) // Seq 50c(47); Ned 37c(13)Af. to make a stringent ruling: a. alone: בגין דר׳ אבהו ידע דר׳ זעורא מחמר ואינון מחמרין because PN knows that PN2 rules strictly, and they rule strictly Bes 60d(24) // Ber 3d(57); אין ר׳ עקיבא דהוא מיקל הכא מחמיר תמן ר׳ ישמעאל דהוא מחמיר הכא לא כל שכן דיחמיר תמן if PN who rules leniently here, rules stringently there, then PN2 who rules stringently here will certainly rule stringently there Kil 28d(11); ib. 20; 22; Ter 40d(58); בגין דהוון מחמרין וקליל עליהון because they acted stringently, and he ruled leniently for them Qid 62d(44); b. upon s.o. (על ־): בקולא הוון נהיגין ואחמר עליהון they acted leniently, and he ruled stringently concerning them ib. 45; ואין בעית מחמרא על נפשך if you want to be strict with yourself Dem 22c(52) // Svi 39a(58); והיא מחמרה על גרמה she (i.e. the she-ass) places herself under restrictions BR 649:3 // Dem 22a(4) // Seq 48d(11)
Bacher, Term 2:67; Eps, MNM 335; Ben-Hayyim, Tarbiz 50(1981):205+.
