Vayikra (parsha)

Vayikra, VaYikra, Va-yikra, or Vayyiqra ( – Hebrew for "and He called," the first word in the parashah) is the 24th weekly Torah portion (, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the first in the book of Leviticus. It constitutes The parashah has the most letters and words of any of the weekly Torah portions in the book of Leviticus (although not the most verses), and is made up of 6,222 Hebrew letters, 1,673 Hebrew words, and 111 verses, and can occupy about 215 lines in a Torah scroll (, Sefer Torah). (Parashah Emor has the most verses of any Torah portion in Leviticus.)