PARSHA-PIX Parshat K'doshim

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Parsha Pix
Shabbat candles are reminder to keep the Shabbat, which is attached to Reverence for parents and to Reverence for the Mikdash.
B'samim is for Havdala, not from Shabbat to Chol but between kosher and non-kosher animals and between us and other nations - mentioned at the end of the sedra.
Mickey Mouse in his famous role as the Sorcerer's Apprentice, represents the prohibitions of divination, omens, and other "black arts".
The heart in the Torah is a pictogram for Love thy fellow being a great Torah rule.
Lifesaver is for the mitzva not to stand by idly while someone is in danger.
Grapes and wheat refer to many agricultural mitzvot in the sedra - PE'AH, LEKET, and others.
Thief is various prohibitions related to theft.
The camel with the monkey-head is a reminder of the prohibition of cross breeding of animals.
Scales of justice knocked over are for the prohibitions related to perverting justice.
The scale is weighing a 1 kilo weight, but reads less than one. Either the weight is off or the scale is. Whichever, that would be ASUR, to use false weights and measures or even to possess them.
Razor blade for the prohibition of shaving with one.
The first three trees with fruit stand for ORLA, then fourth year being special (the asterisk), the fruit is KADOSH. 5th year's fruit is to eat.
At the top of the ParshaPix is an interesting way to present the name of the month of Iyar. ALEF-YUD stands for Eretz Yisrael and represents Yom HaAtzmaut - 5th of Iyar, this year pulled back to Thursday, the 3rd of Iyar. The YUD-REISH stands for Jerusalem - Yom Yerushalayim is the 28th of Iyar.
This leaves a hard-to-see photo of an actor. If you can see who it is, then he becomes a visual TTriddle.

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 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 (PESACH) TTriddles:
[1] Off-beat reason YK is Yom K'Purim
[2] Sharp contrast of the sedra's avoda and the day's
[3] The sedra & the original Shabbat HaGadol
[4] Mr. Jeremy Fisher failed his O levels
[5] Slogan common to sedra & Motza"Sh
[6] Two promises in one pasuk come in handy about 13-14 hours after we read them
[7] Pair of common factors of Shabbat & Motza"Sh
[8] one element from the Parsha Pix

And the envelope, please...
[1] There is a famous play on words for Yom HaKipurim, meaning a day like Purim. Aside from the serious explanation of the comparison between YK and Purim, we have one of TTriddle-quality. Both involved casting of lots. The sedra (Acharei) tells of the GORALOT for the two goats, and, of course, the Megila (Esther, that is) tells of [L] Haman casting lots to choose a day for his plan.
[2] Most of the TTriddles here involve the sedra and therefore Yom Kippur, on the one hand, and Pesach, on the other. The special part of the Avoda of the Kohein Gadol on Yom Kippur was his entrance into Kodshei Kodashim, the Holy of Holies. This is described as his going in completely alone, no one else was there when he went in... In contrast, the Korban Pesach, which is the Avoda of the day, that is, Erev Pesach (on which we read Acharei), was commanded to be all the congregation of Israel. KP was brought with a crowd; YK was done by the Kohen Gadol all by himself.
[3] The original Shabbat HaGadol was on the 10th of the month (Nissan), when the people were commanded to take a lamb or goat into their homes. The sedra refers to the 10th of the month (Tishreai), Yom Kippur.
[4] Mr. Jeremy Fisher is a frog of Beatrix Potter (1866-1943) stories. Failing his O levels might indicate that he is a DUMB TZ'FARDEI'A.
[5] Slogan, for lack of a better word, that is common to Yom Kippur (sedra) and the Seder (Motza"Sh, this year) is L'SHANA HABA B'YERUSHALAYIM HA'B'NUYA
[6] Mal'achi 3:11, from the haftara of Shabbat HaGadol, states: "...and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; nor shall your vine cast her fruit in the field before the time..." This came in handy at the Seder, so that we would have KARPAS, MAROR, and WINE for the Four Cups.
[7] This referred to the pair of goats that were part of Avodat Yom Kippur, as stated in the sedra that was read on Shabbat Erev Pesach. That night, there could also have been a pair of goats - Korban Pesach and the CHAD GADYA at the end of the hagada.
[8] The little heart above the bigger heart, and the bigger heart above the small heart, represented the famous words from the end of the haftara for Shabbat HaGadol: V'HEISHIV LEV AVOT AL BANIM V'LRV BANIM AL AVOTAM...

This week's TTriddles:
[1] The plane, boss, the plane!
[2] parent-child, child-parent mitzvot with two doubles in common
[3] Dining on Tuesday is problematic
[4] Bon appetit & Shishak came
[5] Square each of the first 7 primes...
[6] Fear before and after
[7] plus one visual TTriddle from the Parsha Pix

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