PARSHA FACTS
Concepts
An accounting of the donations for the Mishkan
People
Moshe
Places
Midbar
Mitzvos
No mitzvos in the Parsha
Years from Creation Timeline
2449 Audit of the materials for the Mishkan
Kislev Mishkan completed; HaShem commands Moshe to erect the Mishkan and anoint the Mishkan, all that is within, and the Kohanim
Nissan Moshe erects the Mishkah
Sedra-Stats
23nd of the 54 sedras; 11th of 11 in Sefer Shmos
Written on 158.7 lines in a Sefer Torah; ranks 41st
20 parshios: 6 open, 14 closed
Comparison to the other sedras:
92 pesukim – 40th of 54 (10th of 11 in Shmos)
1182 words – 42nd of 54 ( 9th of 11 in Shmos)
4432 letters – 44th of 54 (10th of 11 in Shmos)
We Learn from this Parsha
Each person should recite 18 berachos every day in the Shemoneh Esreh prayer. We learn the number18 from this Parsha because, “as He commanded” is written 18 times in this Parsha.
