Investment Securities (Details) - Schedule of gross unrealized losses on investment securities and fair market value of related securities $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2023 USD ($) Integer	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) Integer
Corporate bonds [Member]
Marketable Securities [Line Items]
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Number of investments \| Investments \| Integer
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Fair value
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Unrealized losses
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Number of investments \| Investments \| Integer	1	1
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Fair value	$ 1,850	$ 1,883
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or Longer, Unrealized losses	$ 303	$ 289
Available for sale Securities, Total, Number of investments \| Investments \| Integer	1	1
Available for sale Securities, Total, Fair value	$ 1,850	$ 1,883
Available for sale Securities, Total, Unrealized losses	$ 303	$ 289
US treasuries [Member]
Marketable Securities [Line Items]
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Number of investments \| Investments \| Integer
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Fair value
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Unrealized losses
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Number of investments \| Investments \| Integer	1	1
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Fair value	$ 863	$ 871
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or Longer, Unrealized losses	$ 136	$ 128
Available for sale Securities, Total, Number of investments \| Investments \| Integer	1	1
Available for sale Securities, Total, Fair value	$ 863	$ 871
Available for sale Securities, Total, Unrealized losses	$ 136	$ 128
US government agencies [Member]
Marketable Securities [Line Items]
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Number of investments \| Investments \| Integer	2
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Fair value	$ 8,156
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Unrealized losses	$ 60
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Number of investments \| Investments \| Integer	10	10
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Fair value	$ 10,568	$ 10,617
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or Longer, Unrealized losses	$ 2,441	$ 2,390
Available for sale Securities, Total, Number of investments \| Investments \| Integer	12	10
Available for sale Securities, Total, Fair value	$ 18,724	$ 10,617
Available for sale Securities, Total, Unrealized losses	$ 2,501	$ 2,390
State and political subdivisions [Member]
Marketable Securities [Line Items]
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Number of investments \| Investments \| Integer	2	10
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Fair value	$ 734	$ 5,101
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Unrealized losses	$ 33	$ 763
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Number of investments \| Investments \| Integer	30	22
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Fair value	$ 17,576	$ 13,805
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or Longer, Unrealized losses	$ 4,365	$ 3,241
Available for sale Securities, Total, Number of investments \| Investments \| Integer	32	32
Available for sale Securities, Total, Fair value	$ 18,310	$ 18,906
Available for sale Securities, Total, Unrealized losses	$ 4,398	$ 4,004
Asset-backed securities [Member]
Marketable Securities [Line Items]
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Number of investments \| Investments \| Integer	5	5
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Fair value	$ 15,631	$ 4,291
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Unrealized losses	$ 83	$ 135
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Number of investments \| Investments \| Integer	7	3
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Fair value	$ 5,039	$ 1,938
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or Longer, Unrealized losses	$ 81	$ 71
Available for sale Securities, Total, Number of investments \| Investments \| Integer	12	8
Available for sale Securities, Total, Fair value	$ 20,670	$ 6,229
Available for sale Securities, Total, Unrealized losses	$ 164	$ 206
Mortgage-backed securities [Member] \| FHLMC [Member]
Marketable Securities [Line Items]
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Number of investments \| Investments \| Integer	2	4
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Fair value	$ 2,726	$ 3,712
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Unrealized losses	$ 189	$ 155
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Number of investments \| Investments \| Integer	19	17
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Fair value	$ 16,014	$ 16,629
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or Longer, Unrealized losses	$ 4,450	$ 3,590
Available for sale Securities, Total, Number of investments \| Investments \| Integer	21	21
Available for sale Securities, Total, Fair value	$ 18,740	$ 20,341
Available for sale Securities, Total, Unrealized losses	$ 4,639	$ 3,745
Mortgage-backed securities [Member] \| FNMA [Member]
Marketable Securities [Line Items]
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Number of investments \| Investments \| Integer		9
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Fair value		$ 2,208
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Unrealized losses		$ 201
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Number of investments \| Investments \| Integer	37	28
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Fair value	$ 26,966	$ 27,413
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or Longer, Unrealized losses	6,285	5,319
Available for sale Securities, Total, Fair value	26,966	29,621
Available for sale Securities, Total, Unrealized losses	$ 6,285	$ 5,520
Available for sale Securities, Total, Number of investments \| Investments \| Integer	37	37
Mortgage-backed securities [Member] \| GNMA [Member]
Marketable Securities [Line Items]
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Number of investments \| Investments \| Integer		1
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Fair value		$ 103
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Unrealized losses		$ 7
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Number of investments \| Investments \| Integer	6	6
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Fair value	$ 4,201	$ 4,776
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or Longer, Unrealized losses	$ 910	$ 687
Available for sale Securities, Total, Number of investments \| Investments \| Integer	6	7
Available for sale Securities, Total, Fair value	$ 4,201	$ 4,879
Available for sale Securities, Total, Unrealized losses	$ 910	$ 694
Total investment securities [Member]
Marketable Securities [Line Items]
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Number of investments \| Investments \| Integer	11	29
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Fair value	$ 27,247	$ 15,415
Available for sale Securities, Less than 12 months, Unrealized losses	$ 365	$ 1,261
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Number of investments \| Investments \| Integer	111	88
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or longer, Fair value	$ 83,077	$ 77,932
Available for sale Securities, 12 months or Longer, Unrealized losses	18,971	15,715
Available for sale Securities, Total, Fair value	110,324	93,347
Available for sale Securities, Total, Unrealized losses	$ 19,336	$ 16,976
Available for sale Securities, Total, Number of investments \| Investments \| Integer	122	117

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