PARSHA-PIX Parshat B'ha-alo-t'cha

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Parsha Pix
Menora from beginning of the sedra.
Lamb labeled 2 is for Pesach Sheni.
Above the lamb is a PPP.
Jeans, a.k.a. Levy's for the Leviyim.
Silver trumpets.
2nd row,"reading" right to left, you have: when the cloud lifts, that is a sign to travel. Hence the green light.
The next row pictures the result of the Cloud's lifting and the go-ahead for traveling:
The four flag-camps are marching in the direction of the arrow.
Lower-left is an Aron Kodesh.
Refer to the NUN-bracketed p'sukim.
Smiling watermelon refers to Bamidbar 11:5. Quail.
Snowflake is a reminder of Miriam's punishment for Lashon HaRa.
The eyes are Yitro. That’s what Moshe wanted him to be for us on our journeys.
That leaves 3 elements that are visual TTriddles. Add those to the verbal TTriddles.

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 alsopresentedforcall-insolutiononTorahTidbitsAudio(Arutz-7,Thursdaynight).Thebest 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 issue’s (NASO) TTriddles:
[1] He did it to Shabbat & he did it to the Mishkan
[2] 236 + one thru twelve
[3] take, send, say, say, give
[4] Aramaically appropriate to follow Shavuot
[5] The two who were specially blessed
[6] Two in the sedra with a drink restriction
[7] A is a subset of C, B is a subset of C, A-B=20
[8] & [9] plus the Kohein Gadol's modified breastplate

And the envelope, please...
[1] VAYKADEISH OTO, and He (or he) sanctified it, appears only twice in Tanach. He, with an uppercase H, sanctified Shabbat and he, Moshe Rabeinu sanctified the Mishkan (as in Parshat Naso).
[2] The12-times repeated set of p’sukim describing the gifts of the Nesi’im. Aside from the number of the day (that’s the + one thru twelve), all other numbers in the parsha add up to 236. 1 silver bowl weighing 130 (shekels), 1 silver vessel weighing 70 shekels, both (that’s another 2) filled... 1 gold incense vessel weighing 10 (shekels) filled with incense (215), 1 par, 1 ayil, 1 lamb, 1 goat, 2 oxen, 5 rams, 5 male goats, 5 lambs (21 animals), for a total of 236.
[3] TZAV ET B’NEI YISRA’EL, command the children of Israel - this specific phrase occurs only 5 times in Tanach (1 in Vayikra, 4 in B’midbar). take pure olive oil, send certain TAMEI out, say to them (about the daily sacrifices), say to them (about the boundaries of Eretz Yisrael), give the Leviyim cities...
[4] Targum for NASO is KABIL, take (the census). The word reminds one of KABBALAT HATORAH.
[5] VAYIVAR’CHEIHU HASHEM. And G-d blessed him. This phrase (exactly as is) appears only twice in Tanach. Yitzchak Avinu and Shimshon HaGibor (as in the haftara of Naso) are the two thus blessed.
[6] The Nazir is the obvious first answer. The kohen about to bless the people is the other one with a wine-drinking restriction. Less obvious.
[7] C = Leviyim. A is the family of Kehat, males from one month and up. This is a subset of all Leviyim. B is the workforce of Leviyim (total of the three family units), from 30-50 years old, males. A’s total was 8600. B’s total was 8580. A-B = 20.
[8] The kohen gadol in the ParshaPix has two symbols on his breastplate. P is “P Aharon”, lit. the mouth of Aharon. By Aharon’s instructions, shall the work of the Leviyim be done...
[9] The other symbol is a KAMATZ, as in V’KAMATZ HAKOHEN... appears twice in the sedra. It refers to the kohen's scooping from the SOTAH’s offering...

This week's TTriddles:
[1] Machanayim, Gilgal, and...?
[2] Thrice in the sedra - mineral; twice in Navi - animal
[3] He did it for the 13 and the 70
[4] The T'midim, 4KP, and what?
[5] Technically, it's 7057
[6] three, four, six, seven, eight, nine, eleven, twelve, and the teens
[7] The single bond of Pesach Sheni and Menachot & Nesachim
[8] Three elements from the Parsha Pix

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