• 28th of 54 sedras; 5th of 10 in Vayik.
• Written on 159 lines in a Sefer Torah
• 6 Parshiyot, 3 open & 3 closed
• 90 p'sukim, ranks 42nd (5th)
• 1274 words, 4697 letters
• ranks 39th (4th in Vayikra)
• M'tzora's p'sukim are longer than average, hence its rise in ranking for words & letters
• MITZVOT: 11 mitzvot - all positive (no sedra has as many positive mitzvot without any prohibitions)
• M'tzora is read alone in 13-month years; with Tazria in regular years.
• Three sedras take turns being Shabbat HaGadol - Tzav (63.2% of the time - all 12-month years), M'tzora (26.3% of the time - 70% of the 13-month years), and Acharei (10.5% of the time).

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