Concepts
Makkos (Why only 7 in this Parsha?)
Makkos – Pattern of דצ"ך עד"ש באח"ב
Why were the Mitzrim punished?
People
Moshe
Aharon
Elisheva
Paroh
Places
Mitzrayim
Nile River
Mitzvos
None in the Parsha
Years from Creation Timeline
2447 Moshe appears before Paroh
Tamuz First Plague – Blood
Av Second Plague – Frogs
Elul Third Plague – Lice
2448 Tishrei Fourth Plague – Wild Animals
Chesvan Fifth Plague – Pestilence
Kislev Sixth Plague – Boils
Teves Seventh Plague – Fiery Hail
Sedra-Stats
14th of the 54 sedras; 2nd of 11 in Sefer Shmos
Written on 221.8 lines in a Sefer Torah; ranks 16th
16 parshios: 8 open, 8 closed
Comparison to the other sedras:
121 pesukim - 20th of 54 (4nd of 11 in Shmos); its pesukim are above average in length
1748 words - 15th of 54 (3rd in Shmos)
6701 letters - 17th of 54 (3rd in Shmos)
Interesting Verses
וַיֹאמֶר ה' אֶל-מ ֹשֶה אֱמֹר אֶל-אַה רֹן קַח מַטְּךָ וּנְּטֵה-יָדְּךָ עַל-מֵימֵי מִצְּרַיִם עַל-נַה רֹתָם עַל-יְּאֹרֵיהֶם וְּעַל-אַגְּמֵיהֶם וְּעַל כָל-מִקְּוֵה מֵימֵיהֶם וְּיִהְּיוּ-דָם וְּהָיָה דָם בְּכָל-אֶרֶץ מִצְּרַיִם וּבָעֵצִים וּבָא בָנִים (שמות ז, יט)
This verse has 22 words and 122 letters, the most of any in Sefer Shmos.
Also, this verse has 22 letters "מ"
ובמשארותיך (שמות ז,כח)
This 10-letter word is the greatest-letter number in the Torah.
