Jastrow: חוֹמֶר I

חוֹמֶר I m. (חָמַר II) [weight, load,] ritual restriction; great importance. Ḥag. III, 1, sq. ח׳ בקודש מבתרומה there are restrictions in the law regarding Temple sanctuaries which do not apply to T’rumah. Ib. 4 ח׳ בתרומה (sub. מבקודש); a. fr.—Pl. חוֹמָרִים, חוֹמָרִין. Tosef. Kil. V, 4 מטילין אותו לשני ח׳ we subject it to both restrictions (by classifying it with domestic animals and with beasts of the field). Y. Erub. IX, end, 25ᵈ (ח׳) לח׳ double restrictions are imposed. Y. Snh. XI, 30ᵃ bot.; a. fr.—חוֹמְרֵי בית הלל restrictions adopted by the Hillelites. Ḥull. 44ᵃ. Ib. אי כב"ש בקוליהן וכחוֹמְרֵיהֶן וכ׳ either you follow the Shammaites in their easier and their stricter practices, or &c. Ib. 18ᵇ ח׳ המקום וכ׳ the restrictive usages of the place &c.; a. fr.—קַל וָחוֹמֶר Kal Vaḥomer, a conclusion a minori ad majus. Sifra introd. (ref. to Num. XII, 14, sq., a. Gen. XLIV, 8). Pes. 66ᵃ קו"ח הוא מה תמיד וכ׳ we conclude (that the Passover sacrifice must be offered on a Sabbath day) by the syllogism &c.: if the daily sacrifice &c., v. דִּין; a. fr.—Gen. R. s. 23 קו"ח של חושך an absurd syllogism.—Pl. קַלִּים וַחֲמורִים (fr. חָמוּר). Gen. R. s. 92, end אחד מעשרה ק׳ וח׳ וכ׳ one of the ten conclusions a minori in the Bible; Yalk. Sam. 132.