Sedra-Stats
28th of 54 sedras; 5th of 10 in Vayikra
Written on 159 lines in a Sefer Torah, ranks: 40
6 Parshiyot, 3 open & 3 closed
90 p'sukim, ranks 42nd (5th in Vayikra)
1274 words, ranks 39th (4th in Vayikra)
4697 letters, ranks 39th (4th in Vayikra)
M'tzora's p'sukim are longer than average, hence its rise in ranking for words & letters
M’TZORA can be as early as 5 Nissan (6.7%) or the 7th (3.9%) or 8th (10%) or 10th (10.5%, like this year) or the 12th (5.8%). All of that is in 13-month years, with M’tzora read on its own. Together with Tazri’a in 12 month years it can be on the first of Iyar (18.1%), the 2nd (4.3%), 3rd (19.4%), 5th (3.3%), or the 6th (18.1%). [In the last case, T&M are read on the 29th of Nissan in Eretz Yisrael.]

Mitzvot:
11 mitzvot - all positive (no sedra has as many positive mitzvot without any prohibitions)

Parshat Acharei

Sedra-Stats
29th of 54 sedras; 6th of 10 in Vayikra
Written on 154 lines in a Sefer Torah, ranks 44
15 Parshiyot; 3 open, 12 closed
80 p'sukim, ranks 45th; 6th in Vayikra
1170 words, ranks 43rd; 6th in Vayikra
4294 letters, ranks 45th; 6th in Vayikra
Acharei's p'sukim are above average in number of words, hence its modest rise in ranking. Overall, it is a small sedra
There are only six other sedras that have more mitzvot than ACHAREI. But those top six sedras have 74, 63, 55, 53, 51, and 41 mitzvot. ACHAREI is deep into seventh place. These top 7 sedras account for 365 of the Torah’s 613 mitzvot. That’s almost 60% of the mitzvot in less than 13% of the sedras.

Mitzvot:
28 of the 613 mitzvot, 2 positive + 26 prohibitions

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