Investment Securities (Details) - Schedule of gross unrealized losses on investment securities and fair market value of related securities $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)
Corporate bonds [Member]
Available for sale
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Number of investments \| Investments	1	1
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Fair value	$ 1,877	$ 2,188
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Unrealized losses	$ 302	$ 10
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Number of investments \| Investments
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Fair value
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or Longer, Unrealized losses
Available for sale Securities, Total, Number of investments \| Investments	1	1
Available for sale Securities, Total, Fair value	$ 1,877	$ 2,188
Available for sale Securities, Total, Unrealized losses	$ 302	$ 10
US treasuries [Member]
Available for sale
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Number of investments \| Investments		1
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Fair value		$ 992
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Unrealized losses		$ 7
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Number of investments \| Investments	1
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Fair value	$ 863
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or Longer, Unrealized losses	$ 136
Available for sale Securities, Total, Number of investments \| Investments	1	1
Available for sale Securities, Total, Fair value	$ 863	$ 992
Available for sale Securities, Total, Unrealized losses	$ 136	$ 7
US government agencies [Member]
Available for sale
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Number of investments \| Investments		7
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Fair value		$ 9,831
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Unrealized losses		$ 173
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Number of investments \| Investments	10	4
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Fair value	$ 10,635	$ 3,837
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or Longer, Unrealized losses	$ 2,371	$ 163
Available for sale Securities, Total, Number of investments \| Investments	10	11
Available for sale Securities, Total, Fair value	$ 10,635	$ 13,668
Available for sale Securities, Total, Unrealized losses	$ 2,371	$ 336
State and political subdivisions [Member]
Available for sale
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Number of investments \| Investments	19	9
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Fair value	$ 12,013	$ 7,821
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Unrealized losses	$ 2,604	$ 193
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Number of investments \| Investments	13	6
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Fair value	$ 6,633	$ 2,909
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or Longer, Unrealized losses	$ 1,746	$ 67
Available for sale Securities, Total, Number of investments \| Investments	32	15
Available for sale Securities, Total, Fair value	$ 18,646	$ 10,730
Available for sale Securities, Total, Unrealized losses	$ 4,350	$ 260
Asset-backed [Member]
Available for sale
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Number of investments \| Investments	6	2
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Fair value	$ 5,432	$ 1,751
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Unrealized losses	$ 108	$ 9
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Number of investments \| Investments	2	2
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Fair value	$ 1,413	$ 1,717
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or Longer, Unrealized losses	$ 39	$ 7
Available for sale Securities, Total, Number of investments \| Investments	8	4
Available for sale Securities, Total, Fair value	$ 6,845	$ 3,468
Available for sale Securities, Total, Unrealized losses	$ 147	$ 16
FHLMC [Member] \| Mortgage-backed securities [Member]
Available for sale
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Number of investments \| Investments	7	10
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Fair value	$ 5,586	$ 13,705
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Unrealized losses	$ 740	$ 303
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Number of investments \| Investments	12	4
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Fair value	$ 11,939	$ 4,644
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or Longer, Unrealized losses	$ 3,113	$ 192
Available for sale Securities, Total, Number of investments \| Investments	19	14
Available for sale Securities, Total, Fair value	$ 17,525	$ 18,349
Available for sale Securities, Total, Unrealized losses	$ 3,853	$ 495
FNMA [Member] \| Mortgage-backed securities [Member]
Available for sale
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Number of investments \| Investments	19	11
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Fair value	$ 9,985	$ 16,098
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Unrealized losses	$ 1,528	$ 296
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Number of investments \| Investments	18	9
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Fair value	$ 20,084	$ 11,264
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or Longer, Unrealized losses	$ 4,332	$ 364
Available for sale Securities, Total, Number of investments \| Investments	37	20
Available for sale Securities, Total, Fair value	$ 30,069	$ 27,362
Available for sale Securities, Total, Unrealized losses	$ 5,860	$ 660
GNMA [Member] \| Mortgage-backed securities [Member]
Available for sale
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Number of investments \| Investments	4	2
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Fair value	$ 3,566	$ 655
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Unrealized losses	$ 461	$ 4
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Number of investments \| Investments	3	3
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Fair value	$ 1,495	$ 3,215
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or Longer, Unrealized losses	$ 252	$ 93
Available for sale Securities, Total, Number of investments \| Investments	7	5
Available for sale Securities, Total, Fair value	$ 5,061	$ 3,870
Available for sale Securities, Total, Unrealized losses	$ 713	$ 97
Total investment securities [Member] \| Mortgage-backed securities [Member]
Available for sale
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Number of investments \| Investments	56	43
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Fair value	$ 38,459	$ 53,041
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Unrealized losses	$ 5,743	$ 995
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Number of investments \| Investments	59	28
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Fair value	$ 53,062	$ 27,586
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or Longer, Unrealized losses	$ 11,989	$ 886
Available for sale Securities, Total, Number of investments \| Investments	115	71
Available for sale Securities, Total, Fair value	$ 91,521	$ 80,627
Available for sale Securities, Total, Unrealized losses	$ 17,732	$ 1,881

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