In 1950, his family emigrated to the United States and lived in the Lower East Side neighborhood of New York City.
Goldman studied at Beth Medrash Elyon of Monsey, New York, at the time an elite Rabbinical seminary.
After pleading innocent, Garel was ultimately convicted, fined $500,000, and given a two-year suspended sentence.
Library officials said that Goldman purchased the manuscript in good faith and had resold it before its theft was discovered.
He was also handed an additional 15-month suspended sentence and fined 75,000 euros (100,000 dollars) for "aggravated theft".