PARSHA-PIX Parshat Emor

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Kohen Gadol (upper-right). The whole first section of the sedra deals with the sanctity of the kohanim in general, and the Kohen Gadol in particular.
The broken foot is representative of the invalidating defects of a Kohen. Look closely at the lamb the foot is pointing to. It's missing an ear. That's a blemish which invalidates the animal for the Mizbei'ach.
In the lower-left are a mother sheep (ewe) and her newborn, which may not be taken from its mother to be used as a korban until it is at least 8 days old. AND, the sheep and lamb also represent OTO V'ET B'NO, the prohibition of slaughtering an animal and its offspring on the same day.
Upper-left is a negation circle, indicating the prohibitions of building, sewing, writing - representative of all forbidden Melacha for Shabbat, Yom Kippur, and Yom Tov.
The counting of the Omer is a mitzva from Parshat Emor.
So too are the mitzvot of dwelling in a Sukka for the seven days of Sukkot, and the taking of the Four Species on Sukkot.
And there are the Two Loaves of Shavuot.
And there are 2 visual 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 (Acharei-K'doshim) TTriddles:
[1] Difference between Aharon's goats... and No'ach's animals
[2] What is Yechezkel's honest daughtercalled in this week's sedra?
[3] Double 19 triple mix
[4] Don't bother with this initial gift to Kojak's alter ego
[5] And the double guy deals with what? (1 word)
[6] PIGUL, 82, and WHO?

And the envelope, please...
[1] Referring to the live goat (the one chosen LA'AZAZEL), the Torah uses the term ha'sair hachai (look at the vowels) and once H'CHAI (this one at the end of a pasuk). No'ach was told to take from all living things, MIKOL HACHAI. The three HEI-CHET-YUDs differ in their vowels.
[2] Searching for MOZNEI TZEDEK revealed only two occurrences in Tanach: K'doshim and Yechezkel (45:10). Comparing the two p'sukim, one notices a synonym for HIN (a liquid measure), namely, BAT. Yechezkel's honest daughter, BAT TZEDEK, is called HIN (MM/Bklyn suggests it might be short of Hinda).
[3] Double 19 is Vayikra 19:19, which contains three different types of forbidden mixtures: cross- breeding animals, grain in a vineyard, and shaatnez.
[4] Bad pun coming. Kojak's alter ego was Telly Savalas. Kojak was completely bald. So don't bother giving him a comb with his initial on it. LO T-COMB.
[5] Double guy is ISH ISH. 18 of those in Tanach (16 in Torah) - too many for a smooth TTriddle. V'ISH ISH (And the double guy), on the other hand, only occurs twice. Both in Acharei (Vayikra 17). And both dealing with BLOOD. That was the one word answer. One, eating blood; the other covering blood.
[6] In the context of Parshat K'doshim, PIGUL is the meat of a korban that is allowed to be eaten on the day it is brought, the following night and the next day. But any left over on the THIRD DAY is to be burned - not eaten. T'hilim 82 is the Shir Shel Yom for Tuesday, the THIRD DAY. And WHO brought his gifts on the THIRD DAY of dedication of the Mishkan? Zevulun's leader, ELIAV b. CHEILON. That's who.

This week's TTriddles:
[1] Y's buyer, M's victim, D's informant
[2] fast rise from water siege & burn
[3] 2, 3, and 4 are still here,but .30103, .47712, and .69897 are missing.
[4] 3-letter word plus an E or a Bgive you a pair of 3-letter heterophones from the sedra
[5] Bring with a precom in the first (4th)
[6] plus 2 visual ttriddles from the Parsha Pix

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