Mikeitz STATS
10th of 54 sedras; 10th of 12 in B'reishit
Written on 254.6 lines in a Sefer Torah, rank: 6th
The sedra is a single Parsha P'tucha (open)
(the longest parsha in the whole Torah)
146 p'sukim - ranks 8th (5th) tied with B'reishit
2022 words - ranks 3rd (2nd)
7914 letters - ranks 2nd (first)
Mikeitz's p'sukim are unusually long for a big sedra. That's why it is so high in the rankings for words and letters. On the other hand, with no parsha breaks, the "number of lines" drops
We also have a 40 pasuk maftir! The longest Maftir there is. Added to the 146 p’sukim of the sedra, we read more p’sukim than any single-sedra Shabbat. Ironically beating our Naso, by adding most of its Maftir from Parshat Naso. Only Matot-Mas’ei, Chukat-Balak, and Vayaqhel- P’kudei have more p'sukim

MITZVOT
contains none of the TARYAG (613) mitzvot

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