PARSHA-PIX Parshat Vayak-hel

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Parsha Pix
In the upper-left is a pair of Shabbat candle sticks, and to their right is a match in a negation circle. Both relate to the opening three p’sukim of the sedra, the reminder about Shabbat and the punishment for its violation. The combination of the “no lighting fire” with the Shabbat candles makes an important point. LOT'VA'ARU EISH... can give the distorted impression that the ban on lighting fire means that we must spend Shabbat in darkness (as the Tzidokim claim). The Shabbat candles remind us that lighting up our homes (in a Shabbat-acceptable manner) is very much a mitzva, and not at all at odds with the prohibition of LO T'VA'ARU.
The joyful prospector, the silverware, and the US penny stand for Gold, Silver, and Copper.
Under the candle sticks is a rack with bolts of fabric for the curtains, coverings, and the garments of the kohanim.
At the '49er's feet are some of the gemstones for the CHOSHEN and EIFOD.
The STOP sign is for no more materials now please - we have more than enough.
Under the cutlery is a spice rack, containing the ingredients of the K'TORET and the anointing oil.
The sink is for the KIYOR and its base.
The curtain is for the various curtains in the Mishkan.
That leave six items that are in some way a play-on-words for you to solve.

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 (KI TISA) TTriddles:
[1] In Ki Tisa, it could be anyone; the only other time the word appears, it refers to whom?
[2] They split the butterfly
[3] Archer's first novel could have been inspired by this
[4] The murmuring of the people, the corruption of Eli's sons, the failure of Shaul HaMelech
[5] plus three elements from the Parsha Pix
Feel free to use numbers 1-7 instead of the Rashi letters we're started to use for TTriddle numbering

And the envelope, please...
[1] HE'ASHIR, the rich person. In Ki Tisa, concerning the MACHATZIT HASHEKEL, it could be referring to anyone who wants to give more. In Shmuel Bet, the only other occurrence of the word, it refers to David HaMelech, in the context of a parable (MASHAL) that G-d is giving him via the prophet Natan.
[2] In the haftara of Ki Tisa, Eliyahu HaNavi calls for 2 PARIM, that would be PAR-PAR, which is butterfly, and gives one to the false prophets of Baal and takes the other one for his own offering to G-d.
[3] Jeffery Archer's first novel was "Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less". (It was based on the sad but true episode in his own life wherein he lost all his money to a swindle.) The title could have been (but wasn't) inspired by the rule for the silver half-shekel - that the rich may not give more, nor the poor less.
[4] ANOCHI SHOMEI'A, I hear. This phrase appears only four times in Tanach. Moshe uses those words when he replies to Yehoshua's comment about the sound of the people. Eli HaKohen uses it twice with his sons when he asks tham about the negative things he's been hearing about them. Shmuel challenges Shaul with those words when he questions him about the sound of sheep and cattle which he hears, but shouldn't if Shaul had carried out his instructions. Interesting that all occurrences of ANOCHI SHOMEI'A are negative.
[5] The ear with the gold earring refers to the stalling tactic of Aharon which resulted in the Golden Calf.
[6] The eraser, below the abacus, stands for Moshe's powerful statement to G-d: If you don't forgive the people then erase me from the Book which You wrote.
[7] One solver suggested that the black goblet was used to give the people the Golden Calf potion that Moshe prepared from the remains of the destroyed calf. Nice try, but not TTriddly enough. Look again at the goblet. It is a famous optical illusion. Focus on the white on either side of the stem of the goblet and you will see two face-to-face profiles, as in PANIM EL PANIM, the description of the direct communication between G-d and Moshe Rabeinu.

This week's TTriddles:
[1] 70 + 2 + 10 = 11?
[2] Who is almost a Lubavitcher?
[3] 29S + 7 EIS
[4] plus 6 elements from the Parsha Pix

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