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Our Daf discusses a person who tells Rabbi Ami that he wrote a Torah scroll without having the proper intention when writing G-d's name. The scroll was now in the hand sof the buyer. Rabbi Ami said that his wage should be forfeited but the Torah scroll is permitted.
The Gemara asks if he can't just rewrite those words with more ink while maintaining intention. This is not accepted by the rabbis.
Even if it were possible to do so, they argue that the scroll would appear speckled, which is unacceptable.
We review the halachot of scribal errors and the history of Mashes Soferim.