44th of the 54 sedras; first of 11 in D'varim Written on 196+ lines in a Sefer Torah 5 parshiyot; 1 open, 4 closed 105 p'sukim; rank #32, 6th in D'varim (tied with Chaye Sara, but larger) 1548 words; rank #26, 6th in D'varim 5972 letters; rank #24, 5th in D'varim (tied with Vayeshev, but smaller) Jump in ranking from p'sukim to words & letters indicates relatively long p'sukim MITZVOT 2 of the 613 mitzvot, both prohibitions The Book of D'varim 956 p'sukim, 14,293 words, 54,892 letters - 4th among the Five Books Its sedras average out a bit longer than Vayikra's, even though the four shortest sedras are in D'varim On average, D'varim's p'sukim are the longest of the Five Books 200 mitzvot (77 positives, 123 prohibitions) This means that D'varim contains 32.6% of Taryag in 18.4% of the Torah's size. [The Devarim Homepage]
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