Parsha Pix Pelephone in upper left could be how G-d called to Moshe — but, of course, it wasn't. Cow, goat, sheep, and dove are all represented. As is the Mizbei'ach for the Korbanot - much larger than the Golden Mizbei'ach, filled with earth (according to some opinions) each time the people camped. Plated with copper. A.k.a. External Altar. The salt shaker is for salting all korbanot and for the custom that came from that mitzva - namely, salting our HaMotzi. The hand with pinky sticking up and thumb pointing out is the Kohen's K'MITZA. In his palm, within the curl of the three middle fingers is the quantity of the Mincha dough that was burned on the Mizbei'ach, and the amount of L'VONA that was added to the Mincha. The kidney in the lower left is referred to several times in the sedra. Flour and oil are the main ingredients of Minachot and the frying pan and oven are two methods of preparing the Mincha. Side point: When kohanim ate the various types of Minachot - crackers, matzot, wafers, cakes, etc. they could eat then with other foods. Humus, tuna fish salad, peanut butter, etc. One can imagine that the kohen's wife packs a lunch of all but meat and matzot. 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 (Vayak-hel/P’kudei) TTriddles: [1] G-d's command was partial; hers, total [2] R. Aryeh Leib Heller HaKohen x 2 [3] Probable color of Shimon's [4] 3rd of Sivan • 11th of Tishrei • 1st of Sh'vat [5] Between Yechezkel and Shimon HaTzaddik And the envelope please... [1] This TTriddle (even though it is numbered 1) belongs to the Maftir for Parshat HaChodesh. G-d says AL TOCHLU, don’t eat. His command is partial. He forbade (or forbad, take your pick) us from eating the Korban Pesach incompletely done or cooked, but we may (must) eat it roasted by fire. Partial command. Esther’s command via Mordechai to the Jews of Shushan was total. Fast, don’t eat (including Matza on Seder night), nor drink (not even the Four Cups of wine). [2] Two of the works of Rabbi Aryeh Leib ben Yosef HaKohen Heller of Stry in Galitzia, 1745-1813 (a descendant of Yom Tov Lippman Heller) are the K’TZOS HACHOSHEN on Shulchan Aruch Choshen Mishpat and the AVNEI MILU’IM on Shulchan Aruch Even HaEzer. Both terms are borrowed from Parshat T’tzaveh and P’kudei, relating to the breastplate of the Kohen Gadol. His third well-known work is the SHEV SHEMATETA. He was a staunch opponent of Chasidism in a center of Chasidus. He and his works were (and still are) well-respected in centers of learning with styles very different from his own. This speaks very well for his works that have become true classics of halachic literature. [3] This refers to Shimon’s stone on the CHOSHEN, which was the PITDA. Onkeles translates the stone as YARKAN, from the root GREEN. Targun Yonatan and Yerushalmi both render it as YERAKTA and mention it as SHIMON’s stone. CHIZKUNI identifies PITDA as an emerald (green). In addition to the two references in Sh’mot, PITDA is mentioned by Yechezkeil HaNavi as one of the precious stones in GAN EDEN. R’ Aryeh Kaplan z”l in The Living Torah writes that many commentaries identify the PITDA as emerald, while others consider it to have been a dark green variety of quartz or other shade of green stone. He adds that although some identify it with TOPAZ, there is evidence that the ancient topaz was green. More than Shimon’s probable color. [4] Some solvers correctly identified the three dates as occasions upon which Moshe spoke to the people. There were other times, of course, but these three are identifiable. Third of Sivan was in preparation to receive the Torah three days later. 11th of Tishrei is the day after Yom Kippur. That is when VAYAK-HEL MOSHE took place (according to many sources). Rosh Chodesh Sh’vat is when Moshe began his final address to the people (opening p’sukim of the book of D’varim). Whereas this is an okay answer, it is not the sharp answer intended.These are the three occasions when the Torah uses the words EILEH HAD’VARIM. [5] This was probably done in the past, but it tests one’s knowledge of Jerusalem streets trivia (rumored to be one of the categories on the next edition of Trivial Pursuits <jk>). Let’s start at the Israel Center (new location) and head roughly north, following the favorite Israeli direction - YASHAR, YASHAR. (There’s a Mussar point in there.) Keren HaYesod becomes King George V Street after Kikar Paris. Go the whole length of King George until Kikar Sbarro and cross that big intersection. You are at the foot of Straus Street. YASHER, YASHAR. Past Bikur Cholim Hospital, past the old Israel Center building (wave to Moshe Flumenbaum and his guys at HaSofer), past Geula taxis on the right, keep going to the top of Straus - Kikar Shabbat. Rechov Meah Shearim to the right, Malchei Yisrael (with Noam Productions, Big Deal, and Brooklyn Bakery, to name a few stores) to the left. Yeshayahu behind you, over your left shoulder. Straight ahed is Yechezkeil. Go up and down the hill until you reach Rechov Shmuel HaNavi. You can’t really go YASHER anymore, but the continuation of YECHEZKEIL turns to the right and becomes SHIMON HATZADIK. The elbow piece of the turn, between Yechezkeil and Shimon HaTzadik has its own name: PITUCHEI CHOTAM, a term also borrowed from the passages in the Torah about the engraving of the names of Yaakov’s sons on the stones of the Choshen. That’s it. RHM had a good set of solutions. She was just beaten out for top honors by YYW. Please come by for your prizes. This week's TTriddles: [1] Difference between ours and theirs is a little one [2] Rav P. Korban results from a confused Kohen Gadol's Atonement [The Vayikra
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