Sedra-Stats
Vayeira Stats
4th of the 54 sedras; 4th of 12 sedras in B'reishit
Written on 252 lines in a Sefer Torah, ranks 5th
6 Parshiyot; 4 open, 2 closed (pssppp)
147 p'sukim - ranks 7th (4th in B’reishit)
2085 words - ranks 2nd (first in B’reishit)
7862 letters - ranks 3rd (2nd in B’reishit)
P'sukim above average in length (words and letters) explain its rise in rankings
from p'sukim to words (and letters). Vayeira is actually 2nd largest sedra in
the Torah. (Naso, is #1 with no rival - Bamidbar, Pinchas, and R'ei all take up
more lines than Vayeira, but those sedras each have many parshiyot, which means
alot of blank space which adds to the number of lines.)
Mitzvot
None of Taryag are counted from Vayeirabut there are mitzva and midot lessons in
it.
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