ParshaPix

The animal are those in Yaakov's gift to Eisav. The numbers are male and female, as mentioned in the Torah. The 30 for the camel should really be 30+30 according to Rashi, even though the text only says 30.
The bow is for gift-wrapping all the animals.
It is also a play on words. Spelled the same but rhyming with NOW instead of KNOW, we have reference to the bowing that Yaakov and family did to Eisav.
The two flasks are what Yaakov went in search of and was caught alone by the guardian angel of Eisav.
The sold sign is for the land that Yaakov bought near Sh'chem, paying 100 K'sita.
The weeping tree is where D'vora, the nursemaid of Rivka was buried. The bee is also a symbol for her. Interesting that she is mentioned by name.
The sword is for the life-style of Eiseav in general and Shimon and Levi in this sedra.
The baby carriage is for Binyamin and Kever Rachel in the lower left is for Rachel Imeinu, who died in childbirth.
And what about the die in the center of the bottom?
It represents VAYISHAKEIHU, since it too has 6 dots on it.

TTriddles
These were last week's (VAYEITZEI) TTriddles:
[1] Rachel Imeinu and a former chief rabbi
[2] Midnight with Ben & Jerry
[3] Then it was OG. Who is it this time?
[4] Reuven & Ruth, Shimshon & Shmuel, Beit Shemesh & Shavuot

Solution set...
[1] This one was not solved by anyone. It should have been, because TTriddle #2 was easier and was solved by several people and should have pointed in the right direction for this one.
Several people submitted the solution Rav Ovadia Yosef, because of the obvious connection between Rachel and Yosef. Some of those who suggested this solution admitted that it would make solution too simple — not exactly what TTriddles are known for. The correct answer is HaRav Avraham Shapira, based on the Targum of the description of Rachel as Y'FAT TO'AR. Take a look. Aramaic for "good looking" is SHAPIRA.
[2] This was the easier of the Onkeles questions, although any TTriddle with a Targum answer should be fairly easy to get. Among the many things that Yaakov says when he stands up to Lavan is that all the years he worked for Lavan I was consumed by heat during the days and by frost at NIGHT. For frost, the Torah uses the word KERACH, ice. The Targum's word is G'LIDA. In the pasuk, the word ACHALANI, consumed, is used. It is related to ACHALTI, I ate. Hence, midnight with Ben & Jerry ice cream. Note that the word in modern Hebrew for ice cream was obviously taken from the Aramaic for ice, replacing the final letter ALEF with HEI, a more Hebrew ending.
[3] This was also solved by some solvers. OG was the PALIT who told him of LOT's capture. That was last time. This time, in this sedra, it was Lavan who was informed of the departure of Yaakov & Co. Baal HaTurim says that the Midrash tells us that the informer this time was AMALEK.
[4] All 6 are identified with the time of K'TZIR CHITIM.
[4] The answer to this TTriddle was the small KUF in KATZTI. A good wording for a TTriddle wasn't coming to me, nor was it necessary, since it is an obvious choice for a TTriddle solution.
[5] Greenberg in this TTriddle is an Ashkenazi that would pronounce ALEF-TAV-HEI and AYIN-TAV-HEI the same way, making ATA, ATA as in B'reishit 26:29 - ATAT ATA B'RUCH HASHEM, now you are the one blessed by G-d. Sasson, the S'faradi, however, would not see them as a homonym pair, since they are not really pronounced identically. 
[6] Those who say V'YITEIN L'CHA on Motza'ei Shabbat would be quoting from the parsha.
[7] The two goats of Yom Kippur and the two goats that Rivka asked Yaakov to fetch for Yitzchak. And Yitzchak needs two goats in a meal? asks Rashi. Rather they were for the Pesach Seder - one as Korban Pesach and one as the main dish. This Rashi gets from Pirkei D'Rabbi Eliezer.


Believe it that we did not intentionally omit the "answer box" for page 9 in last week's issue.
It was an accident and we apologize to those who frustratingly went from cover to cover and back again looking for the box that wasn't there. Here it is:
David Ben Gurion, 21st Zionist Congress, 1937

This week's TTriddles:
[1] Aqua Regia can make her zeida
[2] An extra mitzva for Babylonian Jews?
[3] He followed Ben Prachya's advice?
[4] Kigel for supper, kugel for breakfast, and a porterhouse for lunch
[5] Go chase the fourth. Which is it?

[The Vayishlach Homepage]
[The TORAH tidbits Homepage] [How to use TORAH tidbits]
[About The OU/NCSY Israel Center] [About TORAH tidbits]