24th of 54 sedras in the Torah; first of 10 in Vayikra 21 Parshiot; 13 open, 8 closed Written on 215 lines in a Torah 111 p'sukim - 26th (2nd in Vayikra), same number of p'sukim as Eikev 1673 words - ranks 20th (1st) 6222 letters - ranks 20th (1st) The sedra is of average length, but the p'sukim are quite long on average Contains 16 of the 613 mitzvot, 11 positive; 5 prohibitions Of the Five Books, Vayikra has the fewest sedras/p'sukim/words/letters. Its sedras are the shortest in the Torah (on average) in p'sukim/ words/letters per sedra. OTOH, Sefer Vayikra has 247 of the 613 mitzvot - more than 40% of the mitzvot in fewer than 15% of the p'sukim/ words/letters in the Torah. Vayikra averages onemitzva every 3.5 p'sukim. The other books have one mitzva in 511 (B'reishit), 11 (Sh'mot), 25 (Bamidbar), and 5 (D'varim) p'sukim. [The Vayikra Homepage] |
