Busy, new VAYEIRA ParshaPix. 

Right side is a thermometer-doctor saying R'fu'a Sh'leima. It represents the Bikur Cholim of G-d to Avraham that opens the sedra.

The turkey platter at the top represents the feast that Avraham Avinu prepared for the visiting angels. (Yes, you are right – he didn't serve them turkey, but clipart is clipart.) The croissants above the turkey are (or could be) the UGOT that Sara Imeinu made for the feast when Avraham said MAHARI... LUSHI VA'ASI UGOT.

Upper-left is the symbol for acid-rain, a good description of the destruction of S'dom and its fellow cities. 

The wine-flask and grapes stand for the story of Lot and his daughters.
The baby in the rocker-crib is Yitzchak. 

The two hands – father and son – represent the twice-occurring phrase in the Akeida portion, VAYEILCHU SH'NEIHEM YACHDAV, and the two of them walked together.

At the bottom is the Davka Judaica clipart of the Akeida, including the ram caught up in the bush by its horns (hard to make out). 

Lower-left is one of those horns which became our Shofar.

Towards the center is an alarm clock, representing the repeated phrase, VAYASHKEIM AVRAHAM BABOKER, And Avraham got up early in the morning... It is a phrase that indicates an enthusiasm to fulfill one's commitment to G-d.

And finally, we come to the OLIVE OIL (and olives). If you've been looking at each element of the PP and trying to guess its connection to the sedra before reading the explanations from this column — how are you doing with this one? Tricky, because it's not from the sedra, but rather the Haftara. Check it out. The poor woman who appealed to Elisha HaNavi following the death of her husband. 

TTriddles
Last week's TTriddles were the first ones that were completely solved, down to the last one. On the other hand, there were only four TTriddles last week.

These were last week's (LECH L'CHA) TTriddles:
[1] Where in the theater did the argument take place?
[2] His brother and grandfather
[3] Alien, a candle, cluster, and Mother Charles
[4] He's 70 stronger than Rambo

And the answers are...
[1] Row A. This was a silly-ish type of TTriddle, based on a sound alikeness. The quarrel between the shepherds of Avraham and Lot was between RO'EI Avraham and RO'EI Lot.
[2] Straightforward question, the answer being NACHOR, which is the name of Avraham's grandfather and his brother.
[3] This was the fun one. When Avraham is offered the wealth of S'dom for his having saved the king and his people from captivity, Avraham swears that he will take nothing, not even a thread or shoe strap, from them — except appropriate portions of the possessions for the men who came ITI (with me)... (that's the alien), A-NER (a candle), ESHKOL (cluster), U'MAMREI (Mom Ray Charles).
[4] In addition to his "brothers" ANEIR, ESHKOL, and MAMREI, the Torah tells us that Avraham took 318 of his household to rescue Lot. Rashi says in the name of Our Rabbis, that Avraham took only Eliezer from his household. The G'matriya of Eliezer is 318. The G'matriya of RAMBO (and l'havdil Avraham) is 248, so Eliezer was 70 stronger than Rambo,
Clean sweep for MM/Bklyn. Almost perfect sol'n set from Shmuel Spiegel. He missed E.T. but considered Avraham the "Ger" to be the alien referred to. Partials from RHM and family and (Y&S)G.
"Specialty of the Tent"
It lingers, says, refuses, and slaughters

This week's TTriddles:
[1] A possible member of the Instant Group
[2] "Specialty of the Tent"
[3] It lingers, says, refuses, and slaughters
[4] His name is sort of his cousin's problem
[5] He's entitled to say the same thing as Martin Luther King Jr.
[6] Would that be similar to living in Lvov?
[7] 10%, 11.1%, 25%, 33.3%, 50%

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