
Sedra-Stats
EMOR 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 Vayikra
Same 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.
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