Editing Torah scroll (section)

===Scribal work===
After the preparation of the parchment sheet, the scribe must mark out the parchment using the ''sargel'' ("ruler") ensuring the guidelines are straight. Only the top guide is done and the letters suspended from it. Most modern Torah scrolls are written with forty-two (42) lines of text per column ([[Yemenite Jews]] use fifty-one (51)). Very strict rules about the position and appearance of the [[Hebrew alphabet]] are observed.<ref name=sfrt/> Any of several [[Hebrew alphabet|Hebrew scripts]] may be used, most of which are fairly ornate and exacting. The fidelity of the Hebrew text of the [[Tanakh]], and the Torah in particular, is considered paramount, down to the last letter: translations or transcriptions are frowned upon for formal service use, and transcribing is done with painstaking care.{{cn|date= March 2024}}

Some errors are inevitable in the course of production. If the error involves a word other than the [[Names of God in Judaism|names of God]] the mistaken letter may be obliterated from the scroll by scraping the letter off the scroll with a sharp object. If the name of God is written in error, the entire page must be cut from the scroll and a new page added, and the page written anew from the beginning. The new page is sewn into the scroll to maintain continuity of the document. The old page is treated with appropriate respect, and is buried with respect rather than being otherwise destroyed or discarded.{{cn|date= March 2024}}

The completion of the Torah scroll is a cause for great celebration, and honoured guests of the individual who commissioned the Torah are invited to a celebration wherein each of the honored guests is given the opportunity to write one of the final letters. It is a great honour to be chosen for this.{{cn|date= March 2024}}