Its arrival at a Sydney Synagogue caps off a remarkable journey, spanning three continents and more than eight decades.
For 90 year-old Susan Avidan, laying hands on a long-lost Torah which had belonged to her father is bittersweet.
She was a teenager when the Nazis invaded Hungary in 1944 and receiving the treasured family Torah brings back memories of one of Europe's darkest eras.
"We can remember all those things that happen that time, it's very emotional."
As Rabbi Levi Wolff from the Sydney's Central Synagogue explains, the Torah was often a target for the Nazis during the Holocaust.
"While the Nazis were hunting down every Jew, they were hunting down what made 'the Jew' and that's the Torah."
A Torah belonging to Mrs Avidan's father was hidden in a Jewish cemetery in the hope it would survive.
But Mr Avidan's grandson, Danny Avidan, says as the war was ending, the Torah was suddenly returned.
"He was given the Torah two days before he passed away in contentment, at the age of 61, in 1945. So I didn't know him but he would have been 142-years-old today."
The Torah was taken to Israel, but deteriorated.
After tracking it down, Danny Avidan oversaw months of delicate restoration work of his grandfather's treasure before presenting it to his mother at a special ceremony on her 90th birthday.
Danny Avidan says it was a special moment for the family.
"In a way, as an immigrant family who came here with nothing, here was an opportunity for us to replant the family tree."
Rabbi Levi Wolff says it is a significant moment, not just for the Avidan family, but for the broader Jewish community.
"In many ways the Torah is coming back to its original owner and family, but we view that as coming back to all of us. To the entire global, singular, one Jewish family."
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