Parshat B'reishit

SEDRA STATS

First of the 54 sedras; first of 12 sedras in B'reishit
Written on 241 lines in a Sefer Torah, ranks 9th
23 Parshiyot; 10 open, 13 closed
146 p'sukim - ranks 8th (5th), same as Mikeitz; but Miketz is longer in lines, words, letters
1931 words - ranks 8th (5th)
7235 letters - ranks 11th (5th)

The book of B'reishit has the most sedras, the most columns and lines, the most p'sukim, the most words, the most letters, the longest sedras in words and letters (but not p'sukim), shorter than average p'sukim, and the smallest number of mitzvot - 3.

Mitzvot
One (positive) mitzva in B'reishit