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Sedra-Stats

Sedra-Stats
31st of 54 sedras; 8th of 10 in Vayikra
Written on 215 lines in a Sefer Torah (rank: 20th)
17 parshiyot; 11 open, 6 closed (above avg.)
124 p'sukim, rank: 15th; 1st in VayikraSame as Sh'mot, but shorter in words & letters Very very close in number of lines; but number of parshiyot affects line-count
1614 words, rank: 22nd; 2nd in Vayikra
6106 letters, rank: 23rd; 2nd in Vayikra
Relatively short p'sukim account for its drop in ranking in words and letters

Mitzvot:
63 of the 613 mitzvot; 24 pos. 39 prohibitions
Only Ki Tetze (with 74) has more mitzvot than Emor. And only K'doshim and Ki Teitzei are more "Mitzva- dense". Emor averages more than one mitzva every two p'sukim. Emor has almost five times as many mitzvot than average for the Torah. From another angle, the many mitzvot in Emor can be grouped into relatively few categories. This is in contrast with the mitzvot of K'doshim and Ki Teitzei, which range over many different areas. In this respect, Emor's mitzvot are very "tidy".
Acharei, K'doshim, Emor have a total of 142 mitzvot. For three consecutive sedras, that's second only to R'ei, Sho-f'tim, Ki Teitzei (170). But AKE covers only 2 weeks this year.


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