Continuity of a Sefer Torah

Thanks to Soferet for bringing this article to attention. Frankly, I find it quite frightening. If it takes a non-Jewish conservator to care whether a sefer Torah is repaired properly, more than a rabbi and an entire Jewish congregation who lack the skills but should possess and understanding of the significance, and more than a sofer who should possess both the skills and the understanding...something's very, very wrong.