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with Rav Chaim

EATING CAKES WITH LETTERS ON THEM

SEIF 3 (Cont.)
The Mordichai writes in the name of the Maharam M'Rutenburg that the children's cakes that have lettering on them may be given to the children to eat. Since it is not a Torah prohibition and erasing of those letters are not performed in order to rewrite something in its place, we are allowed to give it to a minor. This is because it is unnecessary to stop a minor transgressing a Torah prohibition as long as it is not you who gave the Issur to them.

SCRAPING OFF WAX THAT FELL ON LETTERS

SEIF 3 (Cont.)
The Magen Avraham quoting the Bach says that if wax falls onto some words, a person would be Chayiv for scraping it off of two letters. If wax is scraped off of only one letter, it is still forbidden, but would be exempt from a Chatos. The proof can be found in a Tosefta which says a person removing wax from a "Pinkus" (a notebook) is Chayiv. This is because exposing the words are the same as writing them. The Machtzis Hashekel quoting the Bach and Elya Rabbah explains that this case would be considered part of the Malacha of erasing (the wax) in order to write (i.e. it was done in order to make letters by exposing the letters underneath the wax).

ERASING

SEIF 3
The Rosh originally thought that one is only Chayiv for erasing letters, not for erasing a splotch of ink, since the Gemara only gives examples of erasing with letters. Then he found a Tosefta that explicitly states one is Chayiv for erasing a splotch of ink. He then determined that it could be deduced logically from the Gemara. Though the Gemara only gives examples of erasing letters, letters that are written in error have no meaning in and of themselves and therefore are no better than splotches of ink.

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