First of the 54 sedras of the Torah; First of 12 sedras in B'reishit Written on 241 lines in a Sefer Torah 22 Parshiyot; 10 open, 12 closed 146 p'sukim - ranks 8th (5th) tied with Mikeitz (Mikeitz is larger) 1931 words - ranks 8th (5th) 7235 letters - ranks 11th (5th) One (positive) mitzva in B'reishit G'matriya of the sedra: 469,545 Oddity: Only 7 Samachs in B'reishit About there being only 7 Samachs in B'reishit. On average, there should have been around 43. No other letter in this sedra gets any way near as disproportionate as Samach. Also, Samach is the last letter of the Alef-Bet to make its appearance in the Torah. The book of B'reishit has the most sedras, the most p'sukim, the most words, the most letters, the longest sedras in words and letters (but not p'sukim) shorter than average p'sukim, and the smallest number of mitzvot - 3. [The B'reishit Homepage]
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