Sedra Stats

Parashat Vayeitzei

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

It is written on 235.3 lines

Vayeitzei is one single long Parsha, closed, which is understandable since the sedra is a continuation of To'l'dot; it is the second longest parsha (probably), (Mikeitz is a 254.6-line single parsha)

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

2021 words - ranks 4th (3rd)

7512 letters - ranks 5th (3rd)

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

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. This is a good illustration of the fact that sedras vary in number of p'sukim, as well as number of words per pasuk.

Mitzvot: Vayeitzei contains none of the 613

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