Last Week's PPP (Mishpatim)

TT353PPP Mishpatim
[1] Okay, let's start in the upper-left. Question-mark is what is, in Hebrew, MA. Add the K and you get MAKEI. Below that, under the Chupa, is a man and his mate, or ISH VA-MEIT (only a play on words, nothing more). Under that is a castle with a MOAT. And under that (bottom-left) is a U-MAT (a door mat saying U-WELCOME).All together, it says MAKEI ISH VAMEIT MOT UMAT, all of Sh'mot 21:12.

[2] Now go to the bottom-right. Start with the plane. It is, none other than the Spirit of St. Louis. If was flown by Charles Lindburgh, whose son (sun in the bottom-right corner) was kidnapped. Move to the cash register and you've got - if one kidnaps a person and sells him... and add the same MOAT-U-MAT from [1] to completepasuk 21:16 (without the V'NIMTZA B'YADO).

[3] Top-right. A volume of Rambam's Mishneh Torah, which is known as YAD. Under that is a 12" ruler. What is most unfair at this point (too bad) is that the phrasing is broken up not in the way it should be. The Torah says: YAD TACHAT YAD, REGEL TACHAT RAGEL. The PPP is just the TACHAT YAD - REGEL, under the YAD (volume)is a FOOT (ruler).

[4] Let's relate now to the cloud. We had a cloud last year too. Then I said that it doesn't refer to the cloud mentioned in the sedra, because then it wouldn't be a PPP element. It would belong on the page 3 ParshaPix. Last year, the cloud was HAR SINAI, which the cloud was concealing in the end of Parshat Mishpatim. Itis neither a cloud nor Har Sinai this year, since the former is too straightforward and the latter has been done already. Therefore, the cloud is MOSHE RABEINU, who must also have been concealed by the cloud when he ascended the mountain.

[5] Which brings us to the harp with the flower with a seal next to it. Yes, it's a seal. Not a walrus. Not a bird. A seal. So what do they stand for? If you haven't figured it out, reach into your pocket - non-Shabbat only - and take out some coins. Look at the pictures on them until you see a harp with a flower on it,next to a seal. No, not that kind of a seal, but a seal, nonetheless. When you find it, turn the coin over fro the answer to PPP element [5].
Radio Riddles

Before we continue with the TT353PPP Report, let's see the two riddles that were presented on Torah Tidbits Audio, last Thursday night on Arutz-7. Here are the riddles; their solutions will be given after the Report.

[A] TAL-PO

[B] Taken as fractions, they would add up to 8
See what you can do with these riddles. Answers further on...

TT352PPP REPORT
First on the board with a partial sol'n was Chaim Baruch Schreibman. He took the sun for the "thief in the cellar" portion. Too obvious for PPP, but... MMBklyn added the cash register to get SHALEIM Y'SHALEIM. Still on the obvious side. He did solve the other possibility for [1] if you take the couple under the Chupa asone's father and mother. That is 21:15 instead of 21:12. I favor ISH VA-MATE. MABrownsteins had a perfect [1] and an attempt at [3]. Steinhart hit [1,3] and had two attempts at [4]. Mintz/Ganin had the other [1] and a couple of tries on some of the others. Klavans also got the other [1] and sort of [3]. ES had lots ofpieces, some were mine, others not. Overall nice try without solid success. ChachmeiYavneh hit [1] and afew almosts. They were creative with Spirit of St. Louis, but no big cigars for anyone. DM had a few bites. Overall, the failure is mine, because every PPP element should be able to be gotten by someone. Not so thisweek. Look elsewhere for this week's PPP. Hopefully, it is somewhere.

Answers to the Radio Riddles
[A] TAL-PO. This is a Hebrew-English play on words. Translate each word into English, switch each English word to its homonym (same sound, different spelling) and put them back into Hebrew. TAL is DEW is DO is NA'ASEH. PO is HERE is HEAR is V'NISHMA.

[B] In Sh'mot 21:23-25 are the different terms of the EYE FOR AN EYE portion. In Hebrew it is EYIN TACHAT EYIN, and seven other similar phrases. If we set each phrase as a mathematical fraction, we would have AYIN/AYIN, etc. Each would be equal to 1, since the numerator and denominator in each are the same. With 8 expressionsall together, as fractions they would add up to 8.

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