בִּשְׁעַת הַדְּחָק

ביטוי (אנגלית)

In time of distress/ in time of emergency

הגדרה (אנגלית)

In a time of pressure or distress. In an emergency. When there is a necessity to narrow down (דחק meaning pressure or crowding).

(And Rabbi Yehuda said: An incident with the people of Karkhin who would bequeath their lulavs to their sons. They asked him: What proof is there? There is no proof from a time of distress - Sukkah 53b, and also: "In a time of distress - such as when one rises early to set out on a journey - one reads the Shema initially from the moment the dawn breaks" - Rambam / Sefer Ahavah, Laws of Kriat Shema, Chapter 1, 12, 174, and also: "Lawyers approach him in his time of distress, receive money from him and offer him advice" - Shalom Aleichem / Five and Seventy Thousand, 42, and also: "In a time of distress they used to add to a small minyan, a chumash in hand" - Bialik / The Trumpet Was Ashamed, 1, 125, and also: "He stood and mentioned several holy, tested, and experienced names which in a time of distress it is permitted to use" - Agnon / The Bride's Entrance)