Sedra Stats

Parashat Sh'lach

37th of the 54 sedras, 4th of 10 in Bamidbar

Written on 198 lines in a Sefer Torah

10 Parshiyot; 7 open, 3 closed

119 p'sukim, ranks 21th (6th)

1540 words, ranks 27th (5rd)

5820 letters, ranks 27th (5th)

Shorter than average p'sukim - hence the drop in ranking for words & letters

MITZVOT - 3 of the 613 mitzvot, 2 positive, 1 prohibitions

To illustrate how unevenly mitzvot are distributed among the sedras - there are 25 sedras with fewer mitzvot than Shlach. 26 with more. Only 3 mitzvot, but the median number. The average per sedra is 11.35

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