Parashat Vayigash

Sedra-Stats

11th of 54 sedras; 11 of 12 in B'reishit
Written on 178.07 lines in a Sefer Torah

Vayigash is composed of 3 parshiot, all closed. Actually, it's 2.89 parshiot because Vay'chi begins towards the end of the third parsha. It (Vayigash) is the only sedra that does not end "neatly"

[How many points do you get in a game of CHUMASH for opening to the end of Vayigash?]

106 p'sukim - ranks 28th in the Torah tied with To'l'dot and Bo. Actually smaller than Bo, bigger than To'l'dot
1480 words - 30th; 5680 letters - 29th
9th (of 12) in B'reishit in all 3 categories
Slightly above average in length of p'sukim in the Torah, above average for B'reishit

Mitzvot VAYIGASH contains none of the 613

Vayigash is the only sedra that does not end at a parsha-break. That is, a blank space left before the next parsha begins. In a printed Chumash, parsha breaks are indicated by a PEI or SAMACH. Parsha breaks at the end of a sedra have three PEIs or SAMACHs. (It follows that Vayechi is the only sedra that does not begin following a parsha-break.)