14th of 54 sedras; 2nd of 11 in Sh'mot 16 parshiot; 8 open, 8 closed Va'eira takes up 221 lines in a Sefer Torah, that's about 5¼ columns of 245 121 p'sukim - ranks 20 (4th) 1748 words - ranks 15th (3rd) 6701 letters - ranks 17th (3rd) P'sukim are above average in length 33 of the 54 sedras are named by their first or second word. Va'era is the 9th word in the sedra - only 4 sedras "wait" longer for their names. Also, Va'eira is one of 12 sedras whose name is from the 2nd pasuk of the sedra [The Va'eira Homepage] |
