The gemara in Gitin 54b declares worthless a Torah scroll that had all the Tetragrammatons rewritten because it ends up looking menumar (spotted), apparently because this would be a violation of "ze eili v'anvehu - the verse associated with the concept of beautification of mitzvot (hidur). My understanding is (was?) that hiddur is not generally necessary in order to fulfill the mitzvah. Why is this Torah then worthless?
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