53rd of the 54 sedras; 10th of 11 in D'varim MITZVOT The Chinuch does not count any mitzvot in Ha'azinu; the Rambam counts one - YAYIN
NESECH. This is the only mitzva on Rambam's list that the Chinuch did not count Most Sifrei Torah are written with columns of 42 lines each. The column containing the beginning of Haazinu has the last 6 lines of Vayeilech, from the word V'A'I'DA. Again, the first 6 lines of the column belong to Vayeilech. Then a line is left blank. The remaining 35 lines of the column are the first half of the "song" part of Haazinu, with each line written in two parts with a space between them. The second column begins with the 35 lines of the second half of the "song", followed by a blank line and 6 "regular" lines of Torah text. Haazinu concludes on the following column (approx. 14 lines). Side note: Sifrei Torah today are much more similar to each other than in the past. This is so because most are copied from the same model.
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