רְצוּעָה f. (רָצַע) 1) [flattened, cmp. רָצַם,] (leather) thong, strap, lash. Sabb. V, 4 בר׳ שבין קרניה with the strap between her horns. Men. 35ᵇ ר׳ דתפלין the thong of the T’fillin. Num. R. s. 16 לתינוק שסרח ולקה בר׳ … מזכירין לו הר׳ וכ׳ like a child that did some mischief and was punished with a strap, and when they want to frighten it, they mention the strap with which it was punished; כך היה עמלק ר׳ רעה וכ׳ so was Amalek the bad lash for Israel; Tanḥ. Ḥuck. 18 מעולם רְצוּעַת מרדות וכ׳ (not רצועה) Amalek was at all times the strap of chastisement for Israel. Macc. III, 12 (22ᵇ) ור׳ בידו של וכ׳ and he (the beadle) held in his hand a lash of calf-skin, which was twisted doubly, and two (thinner) straps were going up and down (were plaited) through it (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 7). Y. Sot. IX, 24ᵇ top בעל הר׳ the strap-bearer, v. רַצְעָן. Yoma 12ᵃ, a. e. ור׳ היתה יוצאה מחלקו וכ׳ a strip of land went forth from Judah’s lot and entered into Benjamin’s territory, and on this the Temple was built; a. fr.—Pl. רְצוּעוֹת. Macc. l. c. ושתי ר׳ (not ושני), v. supra. Midr. Till. to Ps. LXXVII עשר ר׳ אתה לוקה thou art to receive ten lashes. Sabb. VI, 1; a. fr. —2) (trnsf.) restriction; הותרה הר׳ [the strap is untied,] the restriction is removed. Koh. R. to XI, 9 (ref. to שמח וכ׳, ib.) הותרה הר׳ לית דין וכ׳ is every restraint removed? is there no justice and no judge?; ib. to I, 3; Lev. R. s. 28, beg.; a. e.—Y. Bicc. I, 64ᵃ; Y. Kidd. IV, 66ᵇ top הואיל והותרה הר׳ יכ׳ since the restriction has been removed (by usage), I am likewise permitted to marry her. Y. Sot. VII, end, 22ᵃ; a. e.