Torah Riddle Test #1

  1. Question: If a blotch of ink fell all over the name of Hashem in the Torah why are you allowed to erase it in order to fix it?

Background:

A. The Shulchan Aruch (Yoreh Deah 276:9) says one is forbidden to erase even one letter from the Seven Names of G-D which cannot be erased, even when writing a Torah scroll.

B. If one wrote the small leg of a “hey,”  while writing Hashem’s name, too close to the top so it looks like a “ches” he is allowed to erase or scrape off the top part of the letter to make it look like a “hey”.

Answer: The Rema in si’if 11 considers it fixing, not erasing.

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