רְצִיחָה, (רָצַח) case of murder, capital case, capital execution. Snh. 35ᵃ אין ר׳ דוחה שבת capital punishment does not supersede the Sabbath (v. דָּחָה). Mekh. Mishp. s. 4 (ref. to Ex. XXI, 14) ללמדך על ר׳ שדוחה וכ׳ to intimate that the execution of a culprit supersedes the Temple service; a. fr.