11th of 54 sedras in the Torah -- 11 of 12 in B'reishit Vayigash is composed of 3 parshiot, all closed. Actually, it's 2½ parshiot because Vay'chi begins in the middle of the third parsha. It's the only sedra that does not end "neatly" It is written on 179 lines, about 4¼ columns 106 p'sukim - ranks 28th in the Torah - tied with To'l'dot and Bo. Actually smaller than Bo, bigger than To'l'dot 1480 words - 30th; 5680 letters - 29th Ranks 9th in B'reishit in all 3 categories Slightly above average in length of p'sukim in the Torah, above average for Sefer B'reishit Vayigash contains none of the 613 mitzvot [The Vayigash Homepage] |
