Parshat Bo

Sedra-Stats

15th of the 54 sedras; 3rd of 11 in Sh'mot 

Written on 205.67 lines in a Sefer Torah, rank: 24 

14 parshiot; 8 open, 6 closed 

106 p'sukim - ranks 29th (7th in Shmot)tied with Toldot & Vayigash; larger than both 

1655 words - ranks 21st (5th in Shmot) 

6149 letters - ranks 20th (6th in Shmot) 

Rise in rankings from p'sukim to words & letters is a result of BO's p'sukim being much longer than average for the Torah (longest in Sh'mot). 

MITZVOT 

The previous 18 sedras contained a total of 5 mitzvot. After a long break, Mitzvot are back!BO has 20 mitzvot; 9 positive, 11 prohibitions