Prohibition of Erasing the Name
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Question
In our synagogue, wooden letters were glued on the cantor's stand with the inscription "Shiviti Hashem L'negdi Tamid." After the carpenter finished gluing everything, it turned out that by mistake he used black letters instead of gold ones. The question is whether there is a way permitted by Halacha to replace the letters, as there is an issue of erasing the Name. One of the congregants suggested making a cardboard stencil of the Name exactly in the shape of the protruding letters and placing it over the existing Name, so that when the letters are removed, the Name will still remain written until gold letters are glued in place, and then the stencil will be buried. Is this allowed or is there another solution?
Answer
Shalom and blessings
It is permitted.
Since there is no erasure of the Name at any stage.
Source
According to the instructions of the Gaon, Rabbi Avraham Fried, shlita