10th of 54 sedras; 10th of 12 in B'reishit Written on 254.6 lines in a Sefer Torah The sedra is a single, long (the longest in the Torah) Parsha (P'tucha, open) 146 p'sukim - ranks 8th (5th) tied with B'reishit 2022 words - ranks 3rd (2nd) 7914 letters - ranks 2nd (first) Mikeitz's p'sukim are unusually long for a big sedra. That's why it is so high in the rankings for words and letters. Mitzvot - contains none of the 613 mitzvot [The Mikeitz Homepage]
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