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Parshat Vayigash

Sedra-Stats

11th of 54 sedras; 11 of 12 in B'reishit

Written on 178.07 lines in a Sefer Torah, ranks 34

Vayigash is composed of 3 parshiot, all closed, one VERY closed. Actually, it's 2.89 parshiot because Vay'chi begins towards the end of the third parsha. Vayigash is the only sedra that does not end "neatly".  

106 p'sukim - ranks 28th; tied with To'l'dot and Bo. Actually it is considerably smaller than Bo, and a bit bigger than To'l'dot 

1480 words - 30th; 5680 letters - 29th

9th (of 12) in B'reishit in all 3 categories

Slightly above average in length of p'sukim in the Torah, above average for B'reishit

Mitzvot

VAYIGASH contains none of the 613


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