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Sedra-Stats

18th of 54 sedras; 6th of 11 in Sh'mot
Written on 185 lines in a Sefer Torah, ranks 31st
33 parshiyot; 6 open and 27 closed3rd most in the Torah; 2nd most S’tumot
118 p'sukim - ranks 22nd (5th in Sh’mot)
1462 words - ranks 31st (7th in Sh’mot)
5313 letters - ranks 37th (8th in Sh’mot)
The noticeable drop in ranking from p’sukim to words indicates short p’sukim; in fact, Mishpatim’s p'sukim are among the shortest in the Torah.
Number of lines is a fair indicator of the size of a sedra, but the more parshiyot in a sedra, the more that figure (lines) increases because of the blank spaces between parshiyot. To illustrate, Vayigash has more words and letters than Mishpatim, but takes up 8 fewer lines.

Mitzvot:
MISHPATIM has 53 mitzvot; 23 positive and 30 prohibitions. Only 3 sedras have more mitzvot.


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