Acharei-K'doshim STATS Ach K'do A&K of 54 sedras in Torah 29th 30th - of 10 Sedras in Vayikra 6th 7th - lines 154 109 263 rank 44th 49th - Parshiyot 15 4 19 P'tuchot 3 3 6 S'tumot 12 1 13 P'sukim 80 64 144 rank (Torah/Vayikra) 45/6 49/9 - Words 1170 868 2038 rank (Torah/Vayikra) 43/6 49/9 - Letters 4294 3229 7523 rank (Torah/Vayikra) 45/6 49/9 - MITZVOT (pos/prohib) 2+26 13+38 15+64 K'doshim's 51 mitzvot earn it 5th place on the Mitzva Chart. But if we take into account sedra size, it rises to first place, by far. Let's create a statistic to illustrate this. There are 613 mitzvot in the Torah. The Torah has 245 columns. (Variable, but we'll use 245 columns of 42 lines each.) The average number of Mitzvot per column (M/C) is about 2.5. Vayikra the book has 247 mitzvot, with a Mitzva Density of 6.75 M/C. That's the most for a book. Ki Teitzei with 74 mitvot (the most in a sedra) has 14.6 M/C. That beats Emor and Mishpatim which have 12.3 and 12.0 respectively. B'har is the only other sedra with a M/C greater than 10. K'doshim averages 19.65 M/C! And that's not even the whole story. There are many more mitzvot in K'doshim besides the ones that are counted among Taryag. This further increases K'doshim's hold on its title of the most mitzva-dense sedra. And this gives us a clear answer to the question as to how are we supposed to be holy - the answer is with Mitzvot! Just to compare, here are the M/C for the other Books of the Torah: B'reishit - .05; Sh'mot - 2.2 (close to average for the Torah); Bamidbar - just about 1 mitzva per column. D'varim - 4.4 [The Parshat Acharei-K'doshim Homepage]
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