ParshaPix
New version. ParshaPix with the flavor of the harder ParshaPixPuzzle.
Upper-left: TOE, LEAD, OT (Hebrew for letter). Say it the right way and you get TO'L'DOT.

Upper-right: The family tree presented in the opening p'sukim of the sedra. Top row circles are Avraham and Betuel. The next row has Yizchak, Rivka, and Lavan. The arrow down from the Yitzchak circle are for his TO'LADOT, Yaakov and Eisev.

The two vertical lines sandwiched between two horizontal lines is the symbol for the zodiac sign of Gemini, the twins. This was the answer to Rivka's question about the turmoil she felt inside her.

The tow truck is a play on words for G'RAR, the temporary dwelling place of Yitzchak and Rivka.

The rain cloud is for the bracha that Yaakov received about TAL HASHAMAYIM and SHMANEI HAARETZ.

The sword was part of Eisav's blessing, that he would live by his sword.
Lower-right is the Davka graphic of the ISH SADEH and hunter, and the "tent dwelling" ISH TAM.

Beneath the cloud is a passport, which Yaakov needed for his first trip outside of Eretz Yisrael.

That leaves Teddy in the lower-left, with a 7 in one paw and a hand raised in oath in the other. These are the two meanings of BE'ER (bear) SHEVA.
TTriddles

These were last week's (CHAYEI SARA) TTriddles:

[1] His great-great-great-grandmother and great-great-great-granddaughter had the same name
[2] She had a masculine G'matriya
[3] His firstborn's name was influenced by an early experience
[4] The camels like the daughter of the author of The Angel of the Odd, Eleonora, The Gold Bug, and King Pest
The envelopes, please...

[1] The answer is MENASHE. His father Yosef. His grandfather Yaakov. His great-grandmother Rivka. His great-great-grandfather Betu'el. His great-great-great-grandmother Milka (wife of Nachor, Avraham's brother). Menashe's son Machir. His grandson Gil'ad. His great-grandson Cheifer. His great-great-grandson Tz'lafchad. His great-great-great-granddaughter Milka (sister of Machla, No'a, Chogla, and Tirza).
[2] According to some sources, not only did Avraham and Sara have a daughter, but her name was BAKOL, as in "And G-d blessed Avraham BAKOL". G'matriya of BET-KAF-LAMED is 52. This is the g'matriya of BEN, son, another explanation of BAKOL.
[3] Yishma'el's firstborn was N'VAYOT. Which sounds like NEVIYOT, the bottled water company. The early experience in Yisha'el's life refers to his banishment from Avraham's house. Avraham send him and Hagar out and gave them bread and water. When the water was finished, Yishma'el was on the verge of death, until Hagar's eyes were opened and she saw a well, its water saving Yishma'el's life. Perhaps he wanted to commemorate that experience and, being a poor speller, named his b'chor N'VAYOT.
[4] The stories named in TTriddle number 4 are by Edgar Allan Poe. (Do not take this to mean that I'm literary enough to know these stories, I simply went to the Poe websites to make the TTriddle harder than the Raven or the Fall of the House of Usher.) His daughter would be Miss Poe, that being Hebrew for the favorite food of camels.

Apologies for the diligent TTriddle solvers (and would-be solvers) who went unacknowledged in last week's Torah Tidbits. Your interest and efforts are always appreciated. Continuing kudos to RHM, MM-Bklyn, Y&S/G (from last week, and many others), m-hippo (?), and others. The rest of you - TRY IT.
This week's TTriddles...

[1] 83 kilometers (51.6 miles)
[2] Appropriate to review this sedra with the commentary of the Beit Yosef's uncle.
[3] Happy "Say Hey"... - THIS IS NOT A TTriddle
[3] 10.68 below average. Tied with 12 others. The only 4-4-4.
[4] Do this TTriddle without the question
[5] Greenberg homonyms - not so Sasson's
[6] Some are still reviewing the sedra on Motza"Sh
[7] The two of Yom Kippur and of... what?

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