48th of the Torah's 54 sedras; 5th of 11 in D'varim Written on 192 lines in a Sefer Torah 18 Parshiyot; 3 open, 15 closed 97 p'sukim - ranks 36th (tied with Tzav, which takes up only 170 lines) 1523 words - ranks 28th 5590 letters - ranks 31st 7th in D'varim in all categories Relatively large p'sukim, like most sedras in D'varim Mitzvot 41 mitzvot - 14 positive, 27 prohibitions; ranks 6th in number of mitzvot Mitzva Watch The top 6 mitzva sedras - Ki Tetze, Emor, R'ei, Mishpatim, K'doshim, and Sho'f'tim, are 11% of the Torah's text and have almost 55% of the mitzvot. That is more than half of the mitzvot in less than a ninth of the text. Contrast this with 17 sedras that have no mitzvot. [The Sho'f'tim Homepage]
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