
Parashat Va'etchanan
Sedra-Stats
45th of 54 sedras; 2nd of 11 in D'varim
Written on 249½ lines in a Sefer Torah, rank: 7th
21 Parshiyot; 5 open, 16 closed, rank: 7th (tied)
122 p'sukim - ranks 17th (2nd in D'varim) (same as Vayak'hel & Ki Tavo, but Va'etchanan is larger)
1878 words; ranks 10th (2nd)
7343 letters; ranks 10th (2nd)
Va'etchanan's p'sukim are longer than average.
Mitzvot
12 of the 613 mitzvot, 8 positive and 4 prohibitions
Only 16 (out of 54) sedras are named by their first word(s); 7 in B'reishit, 1 in Sh'mot, 1 in Vayikra, 7 in D'varim
This just in from the Torah Tidbits Department of Statistics, Division of Frivolous Facts & Figures: In years that Rosh HaShana is a Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, or Shabbat, and Cheshvan and Kislev have 58, 59, or 60 days between them, and the year has one or two Adars, then NACHAMU will be a Shabbat 100.0% of the time.
Although he mooed all morning, the Yiddish cow wasn't finished yet. He gave NACHAMU
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