Sedra-Stats
22nd of 54 sedras; 10th of 11 Sh'mot
Written on 211 lines in a Sefer Torah
13 Parshiot; 7 open, 6 closed
122 p'sukim - ranks 17th (3rd in Sh’mot)Tied with Va'etchanan and KiTavo,but shorter than each in words & letters
1558 words - ranks 24th (6th in Sh’mot)
6181 letters - ranks 21st (5th in Sh’mot)
Relatively short p'sukim; hence the drop in ranking for words & letters
Second Sefer Torah for the Maftir of Parshat Sh’kalim adds to the numbers above,as follows: 12 lines, 1 parsha (open), 6 p'sukim,60 words, 346 letters, 1 mitzva

For Stat-heads...
Vayakhel is read on its own 40.14% of the time (always in a 13-month year and rarely in a 12-month year), and combined with P’kudei 59.86% of the time (in most 12-month years).
Vayakhel is before the Four Parshiyot period 10.53% of the time. It is Sh’kalim 26.3% of the years (such as this one, 5763). It is Para 21.36% of the time and HaChodesh 41.81% of the time. It is never a break, Zachor, or after the Four Parshiyot.
Sh’kalim is read with Mishpatim 59.86% of the time. It is T’rumah 3.31% of the time. It is Vayakhel (as it is this year) 26.3% of the time, and P’kudei 10.53% of the time.
It is Rosh Chodesh 11.51% of the time, Machar Chodesh 31.89% of the time, and the Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh (but not Machar Chodesh) 56.6% of the time.
Again, for this year, Vayakhel is Sh’kalim (and vice versa) 26.3% of the time, in a 13-month year only, that begins on Shabbat, Monday or Tuesday, but not on Thursday.
The last time (before this year) that Vayakhel was Sh’kalim was three years ago, but the next time it is scheduled is 13 years from now, in 5776.

Mitzvot:
Contains 1 mitzva of 613 (prohibition)

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