PARSHA-PIX - To'l'dot

ParshaPix
(what's not explained here is a PPP). Yaakov with the N'zid Adashim. One of Yitzchak's servants digging a well. Tow truck is a pun for GERAR. Sword is from blessing of Eisav. Rain cloud is part of Yaakov's bracha. Passport is for Yaakov's trip abroad. Bear-7 is Be'er Sheva. And the bear also has a hand raised in oath - the other meaning of Be'er-7. Lower-right is Davka's Yaakov & Eisav.

TTRIDDLES...
are Torah Tidbits-style riddles on Parshat HaShavua (sometimes on the calendar). They are found in the hard-copy of TT scattered throughout, usually at the bottom of different columns. In the electronic versions of TT, they are found all together at the end of the ParshaPix-TTriddles section. Some TTriddles are also presentedfor call-in solution on Torah Tidbits Audio (Arutz-7, Thursday night). The best solution set submitted each week (there isnt always a best) wins a double prize a CD from Noam Productions and/or a gift (game, puzzle, book, etc.) from Big Deal

Last week's (Chayei Sara) TTriddles:
[1] Rivka, Yaakov, Aharon, Mishkan
[2] You can use it for demi tasse
[3] Maybe he was born at 3:00 o'clock
[4] From 3 to approx. 15, one line would fit the sedra and another the haftara

And the envelope please...
[1] The common factor in the list of people and the Place is NEZEM. Gold rings. Rivka got one from Eliezer. And Lavan surely noticed it. Yaakov took various idolatrous artifacts and the gold earrings of his entourage (that had been plundered from Sh'chem, some say) and buried them under a terebinth tree near Sh'chem. Aharon collected the gold rings of Bnei Yisrael. These became the Golden Calf. And the women of Israel gave their gold rings to the collection of materials for the Mishkan.
[2] Demi tasse is a small cup, usually of coffee. It is served with a small spoon. That would be the little KAF in the word V'LIKOTAH. Avraham came to eulogize Sara and to cry for her.KAF is a spoon. Small one. Perfect for demi tasse.
[3] 3:00 o'clock is the direction EAST. This then is a reference to KEIDMA, the youngest son (assuming they are listed in age order) of Yishma'el. Keidma means east.
[4] From 3 to approx. 15 is the time range for Kiddush L'vana each month. From 3 days after the Molad until the time of the NIGUD, which is 14 days 18 hours 22 minutes after the Molad, approx. 15 days. From among the p'sukim and sentences of K.L., one would fit with the sedra, specifically with the marriages mentioned therein - Yizchak & Rivka and Avraham & Ketura. SIMAN TOV U'MAZAL TOV... Another line would fit with the Haftara, specifically the end, with Bat Shava saying the equivalent of DAVID MELECH YISRA'EL CHAI V'KAYAM.

That's it for the TTriddles. There were also a couple of PPPs, elements of the ParshaPix from page 3 that were not going to be explained along with the rest of the pictures which made up the "regular" PIX. 
The symbol in the lower-right corner is the logo of TEREM, an emergency medical service in Jerusalem. The word TEREM appears at least twice in the sedra. But one of the times is with the word represented by the graphic to TEREM's left. There is a musical note in the form of a KEY. The note (I hope I got it right) is A, or LA of DO-RE-MI fame. So you have TEREM KILA. In the lower left is a birthday cake with seven candles. The girl who is celebrating her birthday is 7 years old, of BATSHEVA of Haftara fame.

This week's TTriddles:
[1] Is it possible that a soft laugh can be measured at 8dB and a scream at 70dB? CHECK it out
[2] (Avraham), Eisav, Yarav'am, Haman
[3] We just past the Iron Horse
[4] Well, citrus, microscope, book
[5] Avraham to G-d, Yaakov to Yitzchak, Yaakov to the rock, Yehuda to Yosef, Yosef to Yaakov
[6] The five who grew
[7] Double connection between Yitzchak & Mea Shearim
[8] Yaakov Avinu and Elisha's servant
[9] Rivka-Esther pronounal-preposition. & adj. links

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