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Sedra-Stats

YITRO Stats
17th of 54 sedras; 5th of 11 in Sh'mot
Written on 138 lines in a Sefer Torah, ranks 46th
15 Parshiyot; 4 open, 11 closed
75* p'sukim - ranks 47th (only 7 sedras have fewer p'sukim)
1105 words, 4022 letters - ranks 46th
Yitro is the smallest sedra in Sh'mot
*Tradition is that Yitro has 72 p'sukim, not 75. This is indicated right after the last word of the sedra in many Chumashim. If we take the 13 p'sukim of the Aseret HaDibrot and count them as 10 (the way they are read sometimes as Commandments rather than p'sukim), the number will work out.

Mitzvot:
Yitro contains 17 of the 613 mitzvot;
3 positive and 14 prohibitions;
(14 of the 17 are within the Aseret HaDibrot)


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