Parashat Kdoshim
Upper-left Shabbat candle sticks for the reminder to keep the Shabbat attached to Reverence for parents and to Reverence for the Mikdash. The B'samim is for Havdala, not from Shabbat to Chol but between kosher and non-kosher animals and between us and other nations - both mentioned at the end of the sedra. The heart in the Torah is a pictogram for Love thy fellow being a great Torah rule. The lifesaver is for the mitzva not to stand by idly while someone is in danger. The grapes and the wheat refer to many agricultural mitzvot in the sedra - PE'AH, LEKET, and others. The thief is various prohibitions related to theft. The camel with the monkey-head is a reminder of the prohibition to cross breed animals. The scales of justice knocked over are for the prohibitions related to honest and fair judging. The scale is weighing a 1 kilo weight, but reads less than one. Either the weight is off or the scale is. Whichever, that would be ASUR, to use false weights and measures or even to possess them. Razor blade for the prohibition of shaving with one. The trees with fruit stand for the first three years - ORLA, then the fourth year being special, the fruit is KADOSH. And the 5th year's fruit tree is on a plate with a knife and fork, indicating that from the 5th year on, the food is ours to eat (after T'ruma, Maaser, etc.) Top middle is IYAR whose Rosh Chodesh is this Shabbat. It is written the way it is to represent Yom HaAtzmaut (ALEF-YUD is Eretz Yisrael) and (Yom) Yerushalayim, two special dates in the month.
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