Published February 25, 2010
20th of 54 sedras; 8th of 11 in Sh’mot
Written on 179.2 lines in a Sefer Torah, rank: 33
10 Parshiot; 2 open, 8 closed
101 p’sukim - ranks 35th (8th in Sh’mot)
1412 words - ranks 35th (8th in Sh’mot)
5430 letters - ranks 32st (7th in Sh’mot)
Plus another 3 p’sukim, 47 words, 178 letters, a single parsha p’tucha written on 6 lines in the Torah and 3 Mitvot in the Maftir for ZACHOR
MITZVOT
Contains 7 mitzvot; 4 positive and 3 prohibitions
As often happens in the Torah, there are other mitzvot in a sedra besides the ones that are counted among the Taryag. This is so in T’tzaveh. The numbers don’t always give us an accurate “Mitzva-Picture” of a particular sedra.
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