Concepts
- Pinchas awarded with Kehuna
- Last census by Moshe
- Tzelaphchad’s daughters
- Yehoshua appointed as successor to Moshe
- Communal offerings
People
- Moshe
- Pinchas
- Tzelaphchad’s five daughters
- Eleazar
- Yehoshua
Places
- Arvos Moav
Mitzvos: 6 positive mitzvos in the Parsha (Number 400-405 of 613 mitzvos in the Torah)
One of six Parshios to have only positive mitzvos
- The laws of inheritance.
- The daily Korban Olah.
- The Musaf korbanos of Shabbos.
- The Musaf korbanos of Rosh Chodesh.
- The Musaf korbanos of Shavuos.
- The Musaf korbanos of Rosh HaShana
Timeline
Year from Creation: 2488
During the period of Chesvan till Rosh Chodesh Shvat
Sedra-Stats
- 41th of the 54 sedras; 8th of 10 in Sefer BaMidbar
- Written on 280 lines in a Sefer Torah; 2nd of 54
- 35 parshios: 10 open, 25 closed
Comparison to the other sedras:
- 168 pesukim – 2nd of 54 (2nd of 10 in BeMidbar)
- 1887 words – 9th of 54 (2nd of 10 in BeMidbar)
- 7853 letters – 4th of 54 (2nd of 10 in BeMidbar)
Note: Vav of the word שלום is split into two letters (a yud above and a small vav below)
Portions of Parsha also read on Rosh Chodesh and Moadim