8th of the Torah's 54 sedras; 8th of 12 in B'reishit Written on 238 lines in a Sefer Torah 9 Parshi'ot - 6 P'tuchot; 3 S'tumot 153 p'sukim - 4th (1st in B'reishit) Same number of p'sukim as No'ach, but larger in number of words and letters 1976 words; 7458 letters, 6th (4th) The drop in rank for words and letters is because its p'sukim are well below average in number of words and letters (but not as low as No'ach). In other words, Vayishlach has many relatively short p'sukim Mitzvot: Contains 1 of the 613 mitzvot, the first prohibition of the Torah's 365; the only one in B'reishit - GID HaNASHEH NOTE: In Chumashim that tell you the number of p'sukim for each sedra (right after the last word of the sedra), Vayishlach is listed as having 154. Count them. There are only 153 in our Chumashim. Perhaps, the split in the middle of pasuk 36:22 resulted in each half being counted as a pasuk on its own. Possible. [The Vayishlach Homepage]
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