Share based compensation arrangement by share based payment award grant date fair value.

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Share based compensation arrangement by share based payment award granted contractual term.

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Period over which grantee's right to exercise award under share-based payment arrangement is no longer contingent on satisfaction of service or performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Includes, but is not limited to, combination of market, performance or service condition.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Gross number of share options (or share units) granted during the period.

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Weighted average per share amount at which grantees can acquire shares of common stock by exercise of options.

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SHARE CAPITAL (Schedule of Options and Restricted Stocks Granted) (Details) - Option to purchase shares of common stock - USD ($)		12 Months Ended
	Jul. 25, 2021	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of options granted	50,000
Vesting period	4 years
Fair value at grant	$ 55,000
Exercise Price 4.69
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of options granted				160,000
Exercise price				$ 4.69
Vesting period				4 years
Fair value at grant				$ 449,000
Expiration period				10 years
Exercise Price 2.00
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of options granted				80,000
Exercise price				$ 2.00
Vesting period				4 years
Fair value at grant				$ 97,000
Expiration period				10 years
Exercise Price 3.59 One
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of options granted			196,995
Exercise price			$ 3.59
Vesting period			4 years
Fair value at grant			$ 482,000
Expiration period			10 years
Exercise Price 3.66
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of options granted			760,311
Exercise price			$ 3.66
Vesting period			4 years
Fair value at grant			$ 1,893,000
Expiration period			10 years
Exercise Price 3.73
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of options granted			129,771
Exercise price			$ 3.73
Vesting period			4 years
Fair value at grant			$ 329,000
Expiration period			10 years
No Exercise Price
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of options granted			694,073
Vesting period			4 years
Fair value at grant			$ 2,492,000
Expiration period			10 years
Exercise Price 3.59 Two
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of options granted			122,656
Exercise price			$ 3.59
Vesting period			4 years
Fair value at grant			$ 299,000
Expiration period			10 years
Exercise Price 1.57
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of options granted		50,000
Exercise price		$ 1.57
Vesting period		4 years
Fair value at grant		$ 55,000
Expiration period		10 years