Scribal error/ error in a book/ writer's mistake/ copying error

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Scribal error/ error in a book/ writer's mistake/ copying error

A technical error in writing. A typing error in a book or a typed document (a scribe is a person who writes documents or copies Torah scrolls).

("The responsibility for a scribal error applies both in loan documents and in deeds of sale" — Bava Metzia 15b)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

טָעוּת סוֹפֵר

Definition (Hebrew)

טָעוּת טֶכְנִית בַּכְּתִיבָה. טָעוּת דְּפוּס בַּסֵּפֶר אוֹ בְּמִסְמָךְ מֻודְפָּס (סוֹפֵר מַשְׁמָע אָדָם שֶׁכּוֹתֵב מִסְמָכִים אוֹ מַעְתִּיק סִפְרֵי תּוֹרָה).

("אַחְרָיוּת טָעוּת סוֹפֵר הוּא, בֵּין בִּשְׁטָרֵי הַלְוָאָה בֵּין בִּשְׁטָרֵי מִקָּח וּמִמְכָּר"- בָּבָא מְצִיעָא טוּ ע"ב)

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