PARSHA-PIX - Parshat M'tzora

Parsha Pix for M'tzora
The two birds are part of the purification process of a M'TZORA. Also included in the procedure are EIZOV (hyssop) and EITZ EREZ (cedar). Both are pictured on line with the the doves.
The M'tzora is required to shave the hair of his body (razor), including, as is mentioned in the Torah, the eyebrows. In the picture, one eyebrow has already been shaved.
The 2+1 on the lamb are for 2 male sheep and 1 female - part of the procedure of purification. So too the sack of flour and the oil can.
The house in the picture is frowning. It is sad that it is afflicted with N’GA’IM.
In the lower right are the three recipients of the blood and oil of the purification process - the earlobe (one opinion - others hold the top of the outer ear, or the middle ridge of cartilage), thumb, and big toe.
Above that is a left palm, mentioned many times in the sedra as where the kohein put the blood and then the oil from which he took on his right index finger in order to apply to the MITAHEIR.
Then there is the lamb for Korban Pesach which was brought into the house for the first Pesach of Mitzrayim. It was brought in on the 10th of Nissan, the date of this Shabbat.

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 presented for call-in solution on Torah Tidbits Audio (Arutz-7, Thursday night). The best solution set submitted each week (there isn't 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 (TAZRI’A) TTriddles:
[1] Sounds like the great-grand-daughter of a rabbit. What's it really?
[2] Moshe: 91. Aharon: 2. Three others once. Who?
[3] Brazemu or...

Slim pickins, as they say. But here goes:

And the envelope please...
[1] A rabbit is a SHAFAN. Great-granddaughter is a NINA. The word SHAFNINA sounds like the great- granddaughter of a rabbit. In fact, it is the Aramaic (courtesy of Onkeles) of the word TOR, one of the dave types that can be brought on the Mizbei’ach, and, in fact was one of the possible korbanot for a YOLEDET, a woman who gave birth. Aside from sounding like a rabbit, the usual translation into English of TOR is turtle dove, so we are dealing with a bird with an identity crisis.
But seriously, Dr. Yehuda Felix in his The Animal World of the Bible, posits that the TOR is either Streptopelia senegalensis, the laughing dove (a.k.a. palm dove) earned its name because of the distinctive coo that sounds just like a human laughing. It is reddish-brown with blue and copper on its wings and white on its tail. Its bill is black and its legs are a purple color. Common in this part of the world. Or Streptopelia turtur, the turtle dove. Note the name turtur, which is used for one of the sub-species of turtle dove. Very similar to the Hebrew.
[2] VAYDABEIR HASHEM EL... That’s the starting place. As both Tazri’a and M’tzora begin. As do 10 other sedras. This three word phrase appears 96 times in Tanach. Mostly in Sh’mot, Vayikra, and Bamidbar. Once in D’varim. Once in Yehoshua. Twice in Divrei HaYamim. Moshe is the next word in 91 of the 96 times. Aharon twice. (Sometimes Aharon followed Moshe as the object of G-d’s speaking.) Bt the way, LEIMOR follows these words most often, but this TTriddle relates only to the VAYDABEIR HASHEM EL. The three people that follow this phrase once each are YEHOSHUA, GAD and MENASHE - not Yaakov’s son or grandson. Different ones.
[3] In past years, both as ParshaPix pieces and as PPP (ParshaPixPuzzles), we’ve had the Tasmanian Devil cartoon character, known as TAZ, and the large flightless bird of South America, called a RHEA. Together they make up the name of the sedra, TAZ-RHEA. It is a shame, TTriddle-wise, that the rhea was not native to Australia and Tasmania, because that would have made a stronger TTriddle and PPP. The three biggest birds are the ostrich, rhea, and emu. The emu is a native of Tasmania. The rhea is native to Brazil (and some other South American countries). So taking the first part of Brazil and attaching emu, we have BRAZEMU. Taking the first part of one of the countries that the emu actually comes from and attaching to it the name of the big bird of Brazil, gives us TAZRHEA.
Now here’s the interesting thing, solver-wise.
MM/Bklyn answered that BRAZEMU was TAZRI’A, but he had no idea how to get it. He jest knew that it had to be. On the other hand, way over on the other hand, the G-gang missed the “real” solution and instead offered a different solution that is so much more... more serious... more involved... more into the sedra... just more. But from the way they submitted their answer, you can tell that they were not at all sure of it. But they gave it their best shot, and I thank them for it. Here’s their solution for [3].
The best I could do was an acrostic based on the gemara in Erchin 16a which lists seven sins which cause Tzarat. They are Bearing a false oath, Robbery, Arrogance, Z'nut, Evil speech, Murder, and Unkindness. Like I said it's the best I could do.
Hey, G-gang, you are being too humble. Very nice. A couple of “stretches”, but a fine job.
Since the G-gang came in this week to claim previously won prizes, we’ll have to start a new account. We owe you a double prize for Tazri’a.

This week's TTriddles:
[1] Last 4 times, first once
[2] Some say Ezra to Fathers pere to perek to match up
[3] Report in last of first's indicates that things haven't changed much
[4] The two-dot-er and the one-dot-ee
[5] Burned, eaten...or what?
[6] Parsha's parallel to Sukkot's four
[7] The four preempted by these two
[8] A pair of 3s isn't such an exciting poker hand, but [L] as far as...

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