Shnayim mikra v’echad targum: Why Mikra Twice?
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Last updated: Monday, November 13, 2006

R. Huna b. Judah says in the name of R. Ammi: A man should always complete his Parashiyos together with the congregation, [reading] twice the Hebrew text and once the [Aramaic] Targum, (Berakhos 8a)

Why do

we read the Hebrew text twice and the Targum once?

Prof. Steven Fraade notes that the formulation, parashiyyot, his weekly readings, makes it clear that a person’s private reading, reviewing

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