Parsha Facts

PARSHA FACTS

Concepts

• Yosef swears to bury Yaacov in Canaan
• Yaacov’s final blessings to his sons
• Yaacov passes away
• Yosef’s relationship with his brothers
• Yosef passes away

People

• Yaacov
• Yosef
• Efraim
• Manasheh

Places

• Land of Canaan
• Mitzraim
• Goshen

Year from Creation Timeline

Yaacov blesses Efraim & Manesheh...Yaacov blesses all the brothers...Yaacov dies and is buried in the burial cave in Chevron
2309 Yosef dies at 110 years old

Sedra-Stats

• 12th of the 54 sedras; 12th of 12 in Sefer Bereshis
• Written on 148.33 lines in a Sefer Torah; 45th of 54
• 12 parshios: 7 open, 5 closed
• Comparison to the other sedras:
  • 85 pesukim – 44th of 54 (12th of 12 in Bereshis)
  • 1158 words – 44th of 54 (12th of 12 in Bereshis)
  • 4448 letters – 43th of 54 (12th of 12 in Bereshis)
• Mitzvos: no Mitzvos in this Parsha