[1] Upper-left is a hot dog, a.k.a. frank between the cents-symbols, giving FRANKINCENSE, a.k.a. L'VONA, the spice of the Menachot.

[2] Upper-right is a little boy with arrows pointing to his knees. That's KID-KNEES or KIDNEYS, mentioned in the portions of some of the korbanot.

[3] Middle-left is a hypodermic needle, or in Hebrew, MIZRAK. Refers to the Z'RIKOT required of animal korbanot.

[4] The T in the middle didn't mislead as many solvers this time as it did the last time I used it. It isn't actually a TEE. It's a KAMATZ, as in the Hebrew vowel that sounds like the A in PAW or the O in HOT, depending upon whether you pronounce this the Ashkenazic or S'faradic way. Anyway, here it represents the scoopingof a MINCHA mixture with the fingers and palm of the Kohen's hand. KAMATZ, K'MITZA...

[5] Mid-right - Basket of fruit - BIKURIM, as in MINCHAT BIKURIM, the fifth of the five MENACHOT presented in Vayikra.

[6] Lower-left. ASIRIT (a tenth) HA'EI'PHA, a common measure of flour for a MINCHA is represented here by one tenth of the value of each letter: HE1/10 = .5; ALEF/10 = .1; PEI/10 = 8; and HEI/10 (again) = .5.

[7] And finally, lower-right, is a variation on an old visual riddle, the answer to which is, a man with a bowtie standing to close to the front of an elevator when the doors closed. Therefore, it stands for the KORBAN OLEH V'YOREID, the sliding-scale sacrifice.

Radio Riddles

Both riddles were actually solved by callers last Thursday night. Here they are to challenge you (if you didn't already hear the answers on Arutz-7):

[A] This was the Big Deal riddle: What is unusual about the fifth of the first of the first of the first of the third?

[B] And this was the Noam Productions riddle: If you take it this way, it means it isn't important. But you must bring it this way, because it is important. What is it?

Answers after the TT358 Report and the presentation of TT359PPP.

The TT357PPP Report...

We got some of the 7 korban-related terms of the PPP, but not all of them. Also, some creative alternatives and a few give-me-a-break answers. Benjietc hit [1,3,4]. The only other attempt to be included here is for [7] - A(HA)RON (a closet) and a PARPAR (which is not only a butterfly, but a bowtie as well) represent thetwo PARIM that Aharon HaKohen brought. Steinhart Gang and Co. hit [1,2,3,6] and combined the basket, SAL, and the T, to make salt. They saw a bow on a wall and came up with KIRBO, another Korban-related word. Chaim Schreibman got [5]. The R-Klavans hit [1,2,3] and the 4-5 combo. They even correctly ID-ed the elevator (lift).ES had a fine [1,2,3,4,5] and then... I think that's it for the report. ES wins the Album of the Week - give me a call.

TT359PPP - Tzav etc.

Answers to the Radio Riddles

[A] The answer is, it is small. The filled-in version of the question would be, what is unusual about the fifth letter of the first word of the first pasuk of the first parsha (or perek) of the third book of the Torah? That is, what is unusual about the ALEF at the end of the word VAYIKRA? And the answer is that by ScribalCustom, the ALEF is written small. (It can be added that there is no change in its non-pronunciation. JK)

[B] The answer to this one is A PINCH OF SALT. When one takes something with a pinch of salt (as in the British expression) or with a grain of salt (as Americans would say), it means that it isn't important to the person. Yet when one brings a Korban in the Beit HaMikdash, it must be brought with a pinch of salt, in fulfillmentof the mitzva to salt all Korbanot and the prohibition of bringing a Korban without salt.