B'reishit STATS
First of the 54 sedras; first of 12 sedras in B'reishit
Written on 241 lines in a Sefer Torah, ranks 9th
23 Parshiyot; 10 open, 13 closed, ranks 6th
146 p'sukim - ranks 8th (5th in B'reishit), same as Mikeitz; but Miketz is longer in lines, words, letters
1931 words - ranks 8th (5th in B'reishit)
7235 letters - ranks 11th (5th in B'reishit)

The book of B'reishit has the most sedras (12), the most columns and lines (24.5% of the Torah), the most p'sukim (26.2%), the most words (25.8%), the most letters (25.6%), the longest sedras (on average) in words and letters (but not p'sukim), shorter than average p'sukim, and the smallest number of mitzvot - only 3, two positives and one prohibition.

MITZVOT
One (positive) mitzva in B'reishit

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