Damaged Torah, The Torah Doctor, Jerusalem, Israel, 2019 Machon Ot is a leading authority in Torah scroll identification, repair, and restoration, and he works in partnership with Israels National Library. He is the son of Holocaust survivors and is possessed of an intensity of spirit but also a warm, engaging personality. He showed us the many Torahs that he had repaired. He also told us many stories, including one of a German Jewish WWI veteran who lost a leg in the war and received an Iron Cross for his bravery. Thinking his war hero status would protect him from the Nazis, he stayed in Germany and was eventually sent to a concentration camp. To protect a sacred Torah, he used it to replace his wooden leg. Somehow, he and the Torah survived the war, and he later moved to Israel. Mr. Ot showed us a picture of the veteran in his WWI uniform, and then a photo of the veterans great-grandson carrying the same Torah at his bar mitzvah.