Parshat VaYeishev

9th of the Torah's 54 sedras -- 9th of 12 in B'reishit

4 Parshiyot; 3 open, 1 closed

It takes up 188 lines in a Sefer Torah - that's almost 4½ columns of 245

112 p'sukim - ranks 24th (8th)

tied with Matot but has more words and letters than Matot

1558 words - ranks 24th (8th)

tied with Vayakhel but has fewer p'sukim and letters than Vayakhel

5972 letters - ranks 24th (8th)

tied with D'varim but has more p'sukim and words than D'varim

Only sedra tied with others in all three categories
(Significance? None. Just interesting to Stat-heads

Relatively longish p'sukim

Contains none of the 613 mitzvot

Vayeishev is read on the Shabbat before Chanuka 71.4% of the time (when Rosh HaShana was not Shabbat); 10.1% of the time, it is Shabbat Chanuka, and not Mikeitz. 18.5% of the time, both Vayeishev & Mikeitz are read on Chanuka.

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