Turbulent days/ time of emergency
Difficult days. Days of instability and uncertainty.
("I was left in the city still when the days in which the permit had been arranged were turbulent days, on the eve of Italy's entry into the war, and many Jews feared that their identity would be revealed to the authorities" - Responsa Heichal Yitzchak, Even HaEzer II, siman 71)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
יָמִים טְרוּפִים
Definition (Hebrew)
יָמִים קָשִׁים. יְמֵי חֹוסֶר יַצִּיבוּת וְאִי וַדָּאוּת.
("נִשְׁאַר לְהָעִיר עוֹד שֶׁהַיָּמִים בָּהֶם סֻודְּרָה הַהַרְשָׁאָה הָיוּ יָמִים טְרוּפִים, עֶרֶב כְּנִיסַת אִיטַלְיָה לַמִּלְחָמָה, וְהַרְבֵּה יְהוּדִים פָּחֲדוּ שֶׁמָּא תִּגָּלֶה זִהוּתָם לַשִּׁלְטוֹנוֹת"- שׁוּ"ת הֵיכַל יִצְחָק אֶבֶן הָעֵזֶר ב סִימָן עא)