
Parashat Vayikra
Sedra-Stats
24th of 54 sedras; 1st of 10 in Vayikra
Written on 215 lines in a Sefer Torah
21 Parshiot; 13 open, 8 closed
111 p'sukim - ranks 26th (2nd) Same number of p'sukim as Eikev
1673 words - ranks 20th (1st)
6222 letters - ranks 20th (1st)
The sedra is of average length, but its p'sukim are longer than average for the Torah.
MITZVOT
16 mitzvot; 11 positive and 5 prohibitions
Of the Five Books, Vayikra has the fewest sedras, p'sukim, words, letters. Its sedras are the shortest in the Torah (on average) in p'sukim, words, and letters per sedra.
But the Book of Vayikra has 247 of the 613 mitzvot - that's more than 40% of the mitzvot in fewer than 15% of the p'sukim, words, letters of the Torah. Vayikra averages one mitzva every 3.5 p'sukim.
By comparison, the other books have one mitzva in 511 (B'reishit), 11 (Sh'mot), 25 (Bamidbar), and 5 (D'varim)
p'sukim.
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