
Parshat B'shalach
Sedra-Stats
16th of 54 sedras; 4th of 11 in Shmot
Written on 215.33 lines in a Sefer Torah, ranks 17
14 parshiot; 9 open, 5 closed
116 p'sukim - ranks 23rd (6th)
1681 words - ranks 19th (4th)
6423 letters - ranks 18th (4th)
Fairly long p'sukim in words and letters, hence higher rankings in those categories
MITZVOT
B'SHALACH contains a single mitzva of the 613, the prohibition of leaving one's Shabbat boundary on Shabbat. Rambam and the Chinuch each count T'CHUM SHABBAT as the lone mitzva in B'shalach, Ramban's opinion is that T'CHUM is Rabbinic, and no mitzvot come from
B'shalach.
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