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Fire in the upper-left represents the fire on the Mizbei'ach that was never to be extinguished. The NER TAMID in shuls commemorates this (as well as the miracle of the Menorah, whose westernmost lamp remained lit all the time.) Yes to Matza and no to chametz is for Pesach, but also for the sedra, where we are forbidden to make (most) Menachot chametz. Earlobe, thumb, and big toe upon all of which was placed some of the blood of the EIL HAMILU'IM. The Seder Plate and the Kohen Gadol are obvious, for Pesach and the sedra. Who knows 5 has the obvious answer from the Hagada. What's the other answer? What's the turtle's message? Chayei Adam? Big heart with the arrow in both directions to and from the little heart is from the Haftara for Shabbat HaGadol (as is one of the unanswered elements of this ParshaPix). "...and he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children and the heart of the children to their fathers..."

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 (VAYIKRa) TTriddles:

[1] Difference between ours and theirs is a little one 

[2] Rav P. Korban results from a confused Kohen Gadol's Atonement

And the envelope please...

What? Only two TTriddles? Yes. It happens.

[1] Many solvers got this one. The missing word is “prophet”. Chief among ours is Moshe Rabeinu. Theirs, L’HAVDIL, is Bil’am HaRasha. The TTriddle, then, refers to the commentary on the little ALEF in Vayikra. Without the ALEF, the word is read VAYIKAR, and G-d appeared (to Bil’am) in an impersonal way (let’s put it like that). VAYIKRA with the ALEF, is a personal, endearing term - as Rashi puts it, similar to the angels’ use of the word, as in V’KARA ZEH EL ZEH... ALEF is numerically 1, so the difference between ours and theirs is a little one.

[2] Only a few solvers got this one, and only one really hit the extra element in it. The Kohen Gadol’s atonement, as mentioned in Vayikra, was a PAR BEN BAKAR, a young bull. “Confused” is an old cryptic crossword puzzle code-word for an anagram, a rearrangement of letters. Those of Par Ben Bakar rearrange to spell (in Hebrew) Rav P. Korban. What’s cute about that is that the word KORBAN is there, as is the word RAV, which implies S’MICHA, which is not just the term for rabbinic ordination, but also one of the procedures in the bringing of many types of korban. The Kohen Gadol places his hands on the animal and leans on it. That’s called S’MICHA. So it is a multi-dimensional TTriddle.

This week's TTriddles:

[1] Ezra, Chananya, Chalafta

[2] 39, Who knows 39? (answer related to Pesach) 

[3] man, incense, donations, wood

Plus three elements from the ParshaPix

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