To let something stand on the basis of its presumptive condition/ assume that everything remains unchanged (until a change is proven)

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To let something stand on the basis of its presumptive condition/ assume that everything remains unchanged (until a change is proven)

To let something stand on the basis of its presumptive condition/ assume that everything remains unchanged (until a change is proven)

He left the matter in the position in which it was found. He placed behind it the possibility that it is as it appears. He determined the matter as it is (strength of hearing, accepted knowledge, or a matter that is agreed upon and clear).

("Strength: The body stands on its strength, and strength is not one who drinks from a cup of wine" - as written in the 12th chapter, and so: "And it is possible that he will do the... commandment to listen to him, for he is a great man and wise, and a visionary for prophecy, standing on his strength" - Harambam/ Sefer Hamada, Hilchot Yesodei Torah, Chapter Seven, 7, 91, And so: "Why did you not come in the shadow of my call to see the welfare of the man who will speak to you in the evening...Behold, you are my supporter" - Berdichevski / Letters, 2, 140, and so: "I, as one who is not erased, have no choice but to support a friend on his support" - Bialik / A.L. Pasternak)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

הֶעֱמִיד אוֹתוֹ עַל חֶזְקָתוֹ

Definition (Hebrew)

הִשְׁאִיר אֶת הַדָּבָר בַּמַּצָּב שֶׁבּוֹ הוּא נִמְצָא. הִנִּיחַ לְגַבָּיו אֶת הָאֶפְשָׁרוּת שֶׁהוּא כְּפִי שֶׁהוּא נִרְאֶה. קָבַע אֶת הַדָּבָר כְּמוֹת שֶׁהוּא (חֲזָקָה מַשְׁמָע דֵּעָה מְקֻבֶּלֶת אוֹ דָּבָר מֻסְכָּם וּבָרוּר).

("חֲזָקָה: הַעֲמֵד הַגּוּף עַל חֶזְקָתוֹ, וַחֲזָקָה אֵין אָדָם שׁוֹתֶה בְּכוֹס אא"כ בּוֹדְקוֹ"- כְּתֻבּוֹת עה ע"ב, וְכֵן:"וְאֶפְשָׁר שֶׁיַּעֲשֶׂה אוֹת...מִצְוָה לִשְׁמֹעַ לוֹ,הוֹאִיל וְאָדָם גָּדוֹל הוּא וְחָכָם, וְרָאוּי לִנְבוּאָה, מַעֲמִידִין אוֹתוֹ עַל חֶזְקָתוֹ"- הָרַמְבָּ"ם/ סֵפֶר הַמַּדָּע, הִלְכוֹת יְסוֹדֵי תּוֹרָה, פֶּרֶק שְׁבִיעִי, ז, 91, וְכֵן:"לָמָּה זֶה לֹא בָּאתָ בְּצֵל קוֹרָתִי לִרְאוֹת אֶת שְׁלוֹם הָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר יְדַבֵּר אֵלֶיךָ הַשְׁכֵּם...הִנְּךָ מַעֲמִיד אוֹתִי עַל עַל חִזַּקְתִּי"- בֶּרְדִּיצֶ'בְסְקִי/ כְּתָבִים, ב, 140, וְכֵן:"אֲנִי, כְּמִי שֶׁאֵינוֹ מֻמְחֶה, אֵין לִי אֶלָּא לְהַעֲמִיד חָבֵר עַל חֶזְקָתוֹ"-בְּיָאלִיק/ א.ל. פַּסְטֶרְנָק)

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