Parshat Vayeitzei

7th of 54 sedras in the Torah  --   7th of 12 in B'reishit

Vayeitzei is one single long Parsha, a closed one, which makes sense since the sedra continues from the end of To'l'dot

It is written on 237 lines. The second longest parsha (probably), but a far second to Mikeitz's 339 line single parsha

148 p'sukim - rank: 6th (3rd in B'reishit)

The 3 longest sedras (in p'sukim) are in Bamidbar; the next 6 are from B'reishit. Counting words and letters, 4 of the top 6 in the Torah are in B'reishit

2021 words - ranks 4th (3rd)

7512 letters - ranks 5th (3rd)

Specifically, NASO is the longest sedra in all 3 categories.

Pinchas, BaMidbar, No'ach, and Vayishlach all have more p'sukim than Vayeitzei, but all have fewer words. On the other hand, Vayeira and Mikeitz have more words than   Vayeitzei,but fewer p'sukim. Sedras vary in length of p'sukim. This accounts for shifts in rankings between p'sukim and words. (There is much less of a variation between words and letters.)

Vayeitzei contains none of the 613 mitzvot

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