Bidspirit auction | “Le-Fi Sha’ah” – Topical Essays,

“Le-Fi Sha’ah” – Topical Essays, Parts IV and V, Jerusalem, 1917 (5677) - Two rare volumes from the series “Le-Fi Sha’ah” (“For the Present Moment”), edited by Yitzhak Yaakov Yellin, presenting essays on the pressing issues of the time in Jerusalem and the Jewish community during the final period of Ottoman rule. The volumes include writings on society, education, language, culture, and religion, alongside discussions of public and topical concerns that shaped daily life amid conditions of siege, scarcity, and political upheaval. These publications serve as an important intellectual record of the Jewish Yishuv on the eve of the transition to British rule.