Parsha Facts

Concepts

Laws of tumah from child birth
Laws of צרעת
Isolation of the person with צרעת
Laws of תרעת of clothing

People

Aharon
Moshe

Places

Midbar

Mitzvos

7 mitzvos in the Parsha (Number 166-172 of 613 mitzvos in the Torah)

• 166. The tumah of a woman that gives birth.
• 167. A tameh person should not eat holy sacrifices.
• 168. The offering brought by a woman who has given birth.
• 169. The tumah of a person with צרעת.
• 170. Not to shave the hair of a nesek lesion.
• 171. Those with צרעת can make others tameh and should not cut his hair.
• 172. The laws regarding צרעת of clothing.

Year from Creation

Timeline
2449 This Parsha was said on Rosh Chodesh Nissan

Sedra-Stats

27th of the 54 sedras; 4th of 10 in Sefer VaYikra
Written on 128 lines in a Sefer Torah; ranks 48th
9 parshios: 5 open, 4 closed

Comparison to the other sedras:
67 pesukim – 48th of 54 (8th of 10 in VaYikra)
1010 words – 48th of 54 (8th of 10 in VaYikra)
3667 letters – 48th of 54 (8th of 10 in VaYikra)

*Often read together with Parshas Metzora.