PARSHA-PIX Parshiot Nitzavim-Vayeilech

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Parsha Pix - Nitzavim-Vayeilech
The family in the upper-left represents the beginning of Nitzavim that describes all who are standing today before G-d. Included are men, women, and children, and all types of people, including the woodcutter (George Washington) and the water-drawers (Jack & Jill). The family also stands for those who were to participate in HAK-HEL - men, women, and children.
HAK-HEL is also represented by the crowned Torah-reader - the king, and by the Torah in the Sukka, in the lower-right.
The feather writing letters is for the mitzva to write a Sefer Torah. That mitzva is also represented by the open gemara.
The Xed out moon, planets, and stars isLO BASHAMAYIM HI.
The acid rain symbol is for the description of the punishment for turning away from G-d.
The Megila is for the hidden "clue" to Esther in the Torah - HESTEIR PANIM.
The questioned road signs is the choice of choosing Life or Death, Good or Evil.
The plant growing a Tzedaka box is from the haftara, referring to G-d, YATZMI'ACH TZEDAKA.
The Chatan and Kallah under the Chupa is also from the haftara.
And the chemical expression is sulfur and salt burning...
That will do. Now it's your turn to use this ParshaPix with your children and guests.

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. The best solution set submit tedeach 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 (KI TAVO) TTriddles:
[1] Yaakov, Moshe, Moshe, and who?
[2] From The Second Passage to Ki Tavo, the VAV went from 14 to 9
[3] 5-word link that supports the use of the Bikurim recital at the Seder table
[4] Midbar, Sedom, Beit El, Jerusalem
[5] Bronze (shared) to Bikurim recital; silver (shared) to song of the sea; gold (shared) to Yosef's brothers
[6] [7] [8] [9] 4 unexplained elements from the ParshaPix of Ki Tavo

And the envelope, please...
[1] I'll tell you this one as soon as I figure it out.
[2] The Second Passage of Sh'ma (from Eikev) starts with V'HAYA IM SHAMO'A TISHM'U. There is no VAV in SHAMO'A; there is one at the end of TISHM'U. That VAV is the 14th letter of the passage. In Ki Tavo, D'varim 28,1 to be specific, we have V'HAYA IM SHAMO'A TISHMA... The VAV that was in position 14, so to speak, is no win position 9, because this SHAMO'A is spelled with a VAV.
[3] Some solvers went for words from the Bikurim passage itself. Not good, because that's already a connection to the Hagada. But... V'HAYA KI TAVO (or TAVO'U - both spelled with the same letters, rearranged) EL HAARETZ... These five words are found concerning Korban Pesach and bringing Bikurim. That makes another connection.
[4] HAMAKOM HAZEH - This Place, occurs 42 times in Tanach, but only 8 times in the Torah. It refers to Sedom (teice), Beit El (as named by Yaakov). It refers to the Midbar, or at least that part of the Midbar on the threshold of Eretz Yisrael, and in Parshat Bikurim, it refers to the place of the Mikdash, Yerushalayim.
[5] The "event" alluded to is "Sequences of words all beginning with the letter ALEF. Gold medal goes to Yosef's brothers, of whom it says: And they said ISH EL ACHIV, AVAL ASHEIMIM ANACHMU (B'reishit 42:21). This honor is shared by Sh'mot 3:6 - GLIU). Silver medal goes to Shirat HaYam with AMAR OYEIV ERDOF ASIG ACHALEIK,five ALEF words in a row. (There are 16 other 5-ALEF word sequences in Tanach to share the medal, only 5 or 6 of which do not repeat words - points are removed for word repetition). The Bikurim portion has 4 ALEF words in a row for a bronze medal. Many other sequences share the honor.
[6] Some easier than others. The skate = HASKEIT.
[7] The successful basket is BARUCH TAN'ACHA...
[8] Thumbs up to a field and a city is BARUCH ATA BA'IR UVARUCH ATA BASADEH.

This week's TTriddles:
[1] How you might describe the New York City Jewish Policemen Society going on a walk along the walls
[2] BUG separates; THIS combines
[3] Don't confuse the Shofar with some plants
[4] Yes, secret wine from-Judah in-life
[5] Whose successors get the pep-words?
[6] Same phrase describes 9Av and its opposite

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