PARSHA-PIX Parshat B'reishit
Parsha Pix
A straightforward ParshaPix in celebration of Creation of the World.
Upper-left are light switches turned on and off, representing the creation of light and dark, day and night, on day one of Creation.
Upper right is a depiction of the creation of the heavens on the second day, with the separation of the upper and lower waters. The cloud represents the upper waters; the sea, the lower.
Below the sea on the right side is a grassy area with trees, representing the third day.
To the left are the creations of the fourth day - the sun, moon, and stars.
The ladybug, bird, octopus, and fish represent the fifth day's creations.
Kangaroo, beaver, kitten, hippo, and the two people are some of the sixth day's creations.
The pair of candles, of course, stands for the culmination of Creation - the Shabbat, which G-d sanctified and gave to us to keep, preserve, and cherish as a reminder of Creation and the Creator.
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 (Sukkot) TTriddles:
[1] What we do with the four brings to mind another plant
The four plants, of course, are the etrog, lulav, hadasim, and aravot. What we do with them is wave them in the four directions of the wind, and up and down. This waving is called NAANU'IM. To wave is L'NAANEI'A. What other plant this brings to mind is NA'NA, mint.
[2] shoot a vowel less hen
This was an anagram. Rearrange the letters S,H,O, O,T,A, and H and N (which is a vowelless hen) and you get HOSHANOT. Nothing deep; that's it.
[3] Using 5,7,6,7 in that order, and math symbols, form expressions equal to the numbers 0-10
This was a hold-over from the previous issue. It is a math puzzle to honor the new year 5767. Several TTreaders took the challenge, including retired veteran ace PPP solver MS, who gets honorable mention for his solutions. So does HC. Winner for this challenge is BT. Here is his solution list. There is usually more than one solution for each number. Some numbers will be impossible to get. (Serious solvers are challenged to continue from 11 and up and stop with the first number they find impossible. Prize for the solution with the highest lowest unattainable number - got that?)
0 = 5 * (7! / 6! - 7)
1 = -5.7 + 6.7
2 = -5 * (7 - 6) + 7
3 = -5 + 7 - 6 + 7
4 = .5 * (7 - 6 + 7)
5 = -(5 + 7) / 6 + 7
6 = 5 + 7! / (6! * 7)
7 = 5 + .7 + .6 + .7
8 = (-5 + 7 + 6)! / 7!
9 = (57 + 6) / 7
10 = .5 * (7 + 6 + 7)
That's it for the previous issue. It was, as we say, slim pickins TTriddle-wise.
This week's TTriddles:
[1] 1 Cardinal; How many what?
[2] B'reishit's two confused kings
[3] thigh muscle in the sedra
[4] switch order on this
[5] he and father are as far apart as possible
[6] for women this week; for our southwestern neighbors 14 weeks later
[7] on the one hand - 1,2,6; on the other hand, 3,4,5
And here is the revival of a recently dormant feature of the TTriddles pages...
NachKwestion of the Week
Fill in the first word with as many words as appropriate:
____________ Sh'leima
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