Parshat Vayak-hel/P'kudei

Sedra-Stats

VAYAK-HEL - P'KUDEI - combined

22nd and 23rd of the 54 sedras 

10th and 11th of 11 in Shmot 

lines in a Sefer Torah: 211.17 + 158.67 = 369.83 

rank: 22nd - 41st - ** 

Parshiyot: 13 + 20 = 33 

P'tucha (open): 7 + 6 = 13 

S'tuma (closed): 6 + 14 = 20 

P'sukim: 122* + 92 = 214 

rank: 17th* - 40th - ** 

Words: 1558 + 1182 = 2740 

rank: 24th - 42nd - ** 

Letters: 6181 + 4432 = 10613 

rank: 21st - 44th - ** 

MITZVOT: 1 + 0 = 1 

* Tied in number of p'sukim with Va'etchanan and Ki Tavo, but shorter than either of them 

** Vayaqhel-P'kudei is the 2nd largest of the 7 pairs of double sedras; it is larger than any single sedra. 

Vayak-hel-P'kudei are combined ~60% of years 

For Stat-heads... 

HaChodesh is Rosh Chodesh 28% of the time. When it is, we take out three Sifrei Torah, and there is no Rosh Chodesh benching on Shabbat HaChodesh. That is not the case this year. 

72% of the time, HaChodesh is a 2-Sefer Torah Shabbat, and we bench Rosh Chodesh Nisan. Like this year. 

On average, we have 2.28 kugels (corresponding to the number of Sifrei Torah) per Shabbat HaChodesh. 

HaChodesh is read as the Maftir of Vayak-hel/P'kudei 41.8% of the time (like this year). 3.3% of the time, it is P'kudei alone, and 18.1% of the time it is Vayikra. 16.3% of the time it is Sh'mini and there remaining 20.5% of the time, it is Tazri'a. That means that this year is its most common situation. 

As already mentioned, Rosh Chodesh Nissan falls on Shabbat 28% of the time. 11.5% of the time, Rosh Chodesh is MACHAR, i.e. Sunday. Rosh Chodesh is Tuesday 32% of the time, and Thursday (like this year) 28.5% of the time. 

P'kudei is the only sedra that is ALWAYS in the Four Parshiyot period - it can be Sh'kalim, a break, Para or HaChodesh (with or w/o Vayak-hel)