הֶחְמִיר עַל עַצְמוֹ

ביטוי (אנגלית)

To place oneself under greater restrictions/ be self-demanding

הגדרה (אנגלית)

He took extra care or severity in his conduct.

("A man shall fill his bride's bosom with wheat for seed, but not for eating, which was Rabban Gamaliel's bosom...and not because she went that way, but because she wanted to make it worse for herself" - Baba Matzi'a 5:8, and so: "It was worse for himself! He was very afraid and very anxious, for what was to come, a calamity, an hour of ease" - Bialik/ Yom The short sixth, a kang, and a kane: "Even if he is a winemaker, he is a leaven on himself, even if it is a burnt wine that has no yeast on it, he does not drink like others" - Agnon/ City and its Fullness, 328)