Published December 20, 2009
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 a bit.
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, this beats out Naso (176 + 3 for Maftir), by taking most of its Maftir from Parshat Naso.
Only Matot-Mas’ei, Chukat-Balak, and Vayaqhel-P’kudei have more p’sukim
MITZVOT
None of the 613 mitzvot are found in Mikeitz
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