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## If a drop of ink falls on the letter Mem, מ, making it look like the letter Mem Sofit (Mem in its Final letter form; in the end of the word),ם,removing the drop is Assur because it is Hak Tochot. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 32:18</ref> | ## If a drop of ink falls on the letter Mem, מ, making it look like the letter Mem Sofit (Mem in its Final letter form; in the end of the word),ם,removing the drop is Assur because it is Hak Tochot. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 32:18</ref> | ||
==Avoiding Hak Tochot== | ==Avoiding Hak Tochot== | ||
# If any such mistakes should happen, rendering the letter unrecognizable, what should the Sofer do? | # If any such mistakes should happen, rendering the letter unrecognizable, what should the Sofer do? The Sofer must remove the drop of ink as well as a part of the letter so the letter remains unrecognizable. Then he must rewrite that part of the letter that was removed. In this way, the letter is completed by writing it and not by removing the ink around it, Hak Tochot. | ||
## For example: If a drop of ink falls on the letter Mem, מ, making it look like the letter Mem Sofit , ם, recreating the Mem by simply removing the drop is Assur because it is Hak Tochot. However, the Sofer may erase the enire leg of the Mem, leaving only the shape of a Nun, נ, and then rewrite the leg. In this way the letter is completed by writing and not by erasing the ink around it. <ref>Shulchan Aruch 32:18 </ref> | ## For example: If a drop of ink falls on the letter Mem, מ, making it look like the letter Mem Sofit , ם, recreating the Mem by simply removing the drop is Assur because it is Hak Tochot. However, the Sofer may erase the enire leg of the Mem, leaving only the shape of a Nun, נ, and then rewrite the leg. In this way the letter is completed by writing and not by erasing the ink around it. <ref>Shulchan Aruch 32:18 </ref> | ||
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