12th of the Torah's 54 sedras -- 12th of 12 in B'reishit 12.12 parshiyot; 5.12 closed and 7 open Va'y'chi begins with the last part (apprx. 12% of it) of the final parsha of Vayigash. Va'y'chi is the only sedra that begins in the middle of a parsha (that was worth 1000 pts. in the game Chumash) Va'y'chi takes up 149 lines in a Torah 85 p'sukim (ranks 44th) 1158 words (ranks 44th) 4448 letters (ranks 43rd) P'sukim of average length Smallest sedra in B'reishit in all categories; well below average size for sedras in general Va'y'chi contains none of the 613 mitzvot [The Va'y'chi Homepage] |
