Sedra-Stats
36th of the 54 sedras; 3rd of 10 in Bamidbar
Written on 240 lines in a Sefer Torah, ranks 10th
16 Parshiyot; 11 open, 5 closed
One of the parshiyot (a S'TUMA) is separated from the parshiyot before and after it by more than blank space (as is usual) - namely, backwards NUNs. Consequently, this parsha is the most isolated of all parshiyot in the Torah.
136 p'sukim, ranks 11th, 4th in Bamidbar
1840 words, ranks 12th, 3rd in Bamidbar
7055 letters, ranks 12th, 4th in Bamidbar
Chutz LaAretz gets out of sync with Israel weekly parsha-wise 56.6% of the years. 28.57% is the Shavuot on Friday situation and 28.03% is the Pesach Shabbat thru Friday situation. Chukat-Balak is the catch up for the Shavuot situation, and B’har- B’chukotai or Matot-Mas’ei is for the other.

MITZVOT5 mitzvot; 3 positive, 2 prohibitions

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