Related%20passage for Sanhedrin 144:5

אמר רב ששת לא נצרכא אלא לפקח עליו את הגל

neither on week days, nor on the Sabbath. Now, granted that the exegesis of 'there shall no blood be shed for him', as including both week days and the Sabbath, is necessary, for I might think that this case is similar to that of those who are executed by <i>Beth din</i>, who may not be executed on the Sabbath:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For this is really execution, the house owner standing in lieu of Beth din: hence, just as the latter may not execute on the Sabbath, so the former too. ');">⁴</span>

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