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Parashat Vaychi

 

 

The padlock at the top-left stands for the closedness of Parshat Va'y'chi, the only sedra that does not start after a blank space. Commentaries suggest various reasons for this fact.

The bed is that of Yaakov, mentioned more than once. And he sat at the head of the bed.

The crown is that of Yehuda, which Yaakov's bracha says shall not leave his line. It is also the crowns of David and Shlomo, from the Haftara.

The crossed hands are Yaakov's from the bracha to Ephraim and Menashe.

Many of the other pictures refer to the brachot of the the Tribes:

The water dripping from the tap stands for Reuven, water being mentioned in his bracha. The lion cub is Yehuda. The ship is from Zevulun's bracha. The donkey is for Yissachar. The snake is from Dan. The fat bread in the lower right corner is from Asher's bracha. The wolf is for Binyamin. (Binyamin Ze'ev is a common combinationof names, taken from Yaakov's bracha to Binyamin.) The symbol of the Israeli Postal Authority is the swift deer from Naftali's bracha. And back to the lion, we find that Yehuda Leib is a popular name-pair.

1+40=200+300 is the equation Yaakov made between Ephraim & Menashe and Reuven & Shimon, the numbers being the value of the first letter of each name..

Chazak... is self-explanitory. It is one of Davka's Judaica ClipArt.

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