He shall be presumed/ it may be fairly assumed that he…/ one can be sure that he… (חֲזָקָה עָלָיו ש...)
He shall be presumed/ it may be fairly assumed that he…/ one can be sure that he… (חֲזָקָה עָלָיו ש...)

He shall be presumed/ it may be fairly assumed that he…/ one can be sure that he…

It may be fairly assumed about him that..., certainly that he..., one can rely on the fact that...

("If the people of the land give him from among them a power over him to tithe, because he knows that the people of the land will not be prevented from eating, and it is convenient for him to tithe in his place" - Beit HaBahira, Me'iri Mas'ket Shabbat 4:1)

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Expression (Hebrew)

חֲזָקָה עָלָיו ש...

Definition (Hebrew)

נִיתָּן לְהַנִּיחַ לְגַבָּיו ש..., בְּוַודַּאי שֶׁהוּא..., נִיתָּן לִסְמֹוךְ עָלָיו ש...

("אִם נָתַן לוֹ עַם הָאָרֶץ מֵהֶם חֲזָקָה עָלָיו שֶׁעִשְּׁרָן מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהוּא יוֹדֵעַ שֶׁעַם הָאָרֶץ אֵינוֹ נִמְנָע מִלֶּאֱכֹל וְנוֹחַ לוֹ לְעַשֵּׂר בִּמְקוֹמוֹ"- בֵּית הַבְּחִירָה לִמְאִירִי מַסֶּכֶת שַׁבָּת ד ע"א)

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