PARSHA FACTS

Concepts

• Korban Olah (burnt-offerings)
• Korban Minchah (meal-offerings)
• Korban Shelamim (peace-offerings)
• Korban Chatas (sin-offerings)
• Korban Asham (guilt-offerings)

People

• Kohanim
• Nasi

Places

• Midbar

Mitzvos

16 mitzvos in the Parsha (Number 115-130 of the 613 Mitzvos in the Torah)

1. The Korban Olah.
2. The Korban Minchah.
3. Not to offer yeast or honey on the Altar.
4. Not to offer any Korban without salt.
5. The mitzvah of salting a Korban.
6. The Korban brought by the Sanhedrin if it erred in a ruling.
7. The Korban Chatas.
8. The mitzvah to give testimony.
9. The Korban Asham
10. Not to separate the head of a fowl from the body of the Korban Chatas.
11. Not to place olive oil in the Minchas Asham.
12. Not to add frankincense in the Minchah Chatas.
13. Mitzvah to adding a fifth when one has eaten or benefitted from sanctified food.
14. The Asham Taluy (guilt offering in a case of doubt).
15. The Asham Vadai (guilt offering in case of certainty).
16. Mitzvah to return property seized in a robbery.

Year from Creation Timeline

2449 On Rosh Chodesh Nissan this Parsha was said

Sedra-Stats

• 24th of the 54 sedras; 1st of 10 in Sefer VaYikra
• Written on 215 lines in a Sefer Torah; ranks 19th
• 21 parshios: 13 open, 8 closed

Comparison to the other sedras:

• 111 pesukim – 26th of 54 (2nd of 10 in VaYikra)
• 1673 words – 20th of 54 (1st of 10 in VaYikra)
• 6222 letters – 20th of 54 (1st of 10 in VaYikra)

*Special features from the Mesorah: the letter alef of the first word ויקרא is written small