Jastrow: רְצִיעָה

רְצִיעָה f. (רָצַע) boring, esp. the boring through of the Hebrew bondsman’s ear (according to Ex. XXI, 6). Kidd. I, 2 הנרצע נקנה בר׳ the slave that has his ear bored through is taken possession of by the act of boring. Ib. 17ᵇ (ref. to Deut. XV, 17) אתה … או אינו אלא לר׳ you say, ‘and also to thy maid-servant thon shalt do likewise’ refers to the outfit (of the released slave), may it not refer to the boring? Ib. 16ᵇ אין ר׳ באשה the law of boring through the ear does not apply to a woman. Ib. יובל של ר׳ the jubilee year for the slave that had his ear bored through (having declined to go free in his seventh year); a. fr.