Complex sentence: The Torah was lost in the 1940s, but was recovered in 1972 when an attorney in Honolulu found the scroll in the possessions of a recently deceased client and donated it to the temple.
Split into simpler sentences: The Torah was lost in the 1940s, but was recovered in 1972. An attorney in Honolulu found the scroll in the possessions of a recently deceased client and donated it to the temple.