Sedra-Stats
26th of 54 sedras; 3rd of 10 in Vayikra
Written on 157.2 lines in a Sefer Torah, rank:42
6 Parshiyot; 3 open, 3 closed
91 p'sukim - ranks 41st (4th in Vayikra)
1238 words - 41st (5th in Vayikra)
4670 letters - 41st (5th in Vayikra)tied with Chukat, more p'sukim, fewer words
Of the Five Books, Vayikra has the fewest sedras, lines, p'sukim, words, letters. Its sedras are the shortest in the Torah (on average) in p'sukim, words, and letters per sedra. Vayikra has 247 mitzvot - that's more than 40% of the mitzvot in fewer than 15% of the p'sukim, words, letters of the Torah. 1 mitzva every 3.5 p'sukim.
By comparison, the other books have one mitzva in 511 (B'reishit), 11 (Sh'mot), 25
(Bamidbar), and 5 (D'varim) p'sukim.
Maftir: 20 p’sukim, 313 words, 1207 letters, part of a parsha

Parshat HaChodesh?
Vayakhel-P’kudei 41.81%
P’kudei 3.31%
Vayikra & R.Ch. 18.05%
Shmini 16.32%
Tazri’a 20.51%
M’vorchim 72%• Rosh Chodesh 28%

Mitzvot:
17 mitzvot of the 613; 6 positive; 11 prohibitionsand 8 mitzvot from the Maftir: 4 pos. 4 prohibitions

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