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# One should read it with the tune of Torah reading but Targum shouldn’t be read with a tune. One fulfills his obligation bedieved if he read it without a tune<Ref> Sh”t Torah Lishma 406, Kaf Hachaim 132:6, 285:12-13, in 285:4 he writes in name of Maggid Mesharim one should say it slowly and carefully. Sh”t Teshuvot Vehanhagot 2:204 says bedieved one fulfills his obligation.</ref> | # One should read it with the tune of Torah reading but Targum shouldn’t be read with a tune. One fulfills his obligation bedieved if he read it without a tune<Ref> Sh”t Torah Lishma 406, Kaf Hachaim 132:6, 285:12-13, in 285:4 he writes in name of Maggid Mesharim one should say it slowly and carefully. Sh”t Teshuvot Vehanhagot 2:204 says bedieved one fulfills his obligation.</ref> | ||
# Someone who owns a Sefer Torah and knows how to read it with the tune and pronunciations should read it from a Sefer Torah. If one doesn’t know the correct way to read it well it’s preferable to read it from a Chumash that has Tamim and Nekudot.<Ref> Chazon Ovadya (Shabbat 1 pg 302-3)</ref> | # Someone who owns a Sefer Torah and knows how to read it with the tune and pronunciations should read it from a Sefer Torah. If one doesn’t know the correct way to read it well it’s preferable to read it from a Chumash that has Tamim and Nekudot.<Ref> Chazon Ovadya (Shabbat 1 pg 302-3)</ref> | ||
# If it's possible it's good not to interrupt when reading Shnayim Mikrah and a pious person should be strict about this. <ref>Mishna Brurah 285:6 writes if it's possible it's good not to interrupt when reading Shnayim Mikrah and a pious person should be strict about this. Kaf Hachaim 285:15 quotes this in the name of the Mekubalim and adds that if one is very thirsty one may interrupt to drink with a bracha before and after. | # If it's possible it's good not to interrupt when reading Shnayim Mikrah and a pious person should be strict about this. <ref>Mishna Brurah 285:6 writes if it's possible it's good not to interrupt when reading Shnayim Mikrah and a pious person should be strict about this. Kaf Hachaim 285:15 quotes this in the name of the Mekubalim and adds that if one is very thirsty one may interrupt to drink with a bracha before and after. | ||
Kaf HaChaim Palagi 27:4 writes that in middle of Shnayim Mikrah one may not interrupt to talk even in Hebrew.</ref> Some allowed interrupting to answer a question. <ref>Rav Shlomo Zalman in Halichot Shlomo (Tefillah, chap 12, note 105) would interrupt reading Shnayim Mikrah in order to answer a question because that entails the mitzvah of Chesed. He adds that Shnayim Mikrah isn't different than other Talmud Torah which may be interrupted in certain situations such as a passing mitzvah. </ref> | Kaf HaChaim Palagi 27:4 writes that in middle of Shnayim Mikrah one may not interrupt to talk even in Hebrew.</ref> Some allowed interrupting to answer a question. <ref>Rav Shlomo Zalman in Halichot Shlomo (Tefillah, chap 12, note 105) would interrupt reading Shnayim Mikrah in order to answer a question because that entails the mitzvah of Chesed. He adds that Shnayim Mikrah isn't different than other Talmud Torah which may be interrupted in certain situations such as a passing mitzvah. </ref> | ||
# | # One should repeat the last pasuk again after finishing the targum in order to end with mikra. <ref> Magen Avraham 285:1, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 72:11, Aruch HaShulchan 285:6. Even though [http://www.torah.org/advanced/weekly-halacha/5772/shemos.html Rabbi Nuestadt in Weekly Halachic Discussions] quotes Magen Avraham 285:8 it should be 285:1. </ref> Some have the practice to repeat the last pasuk of the parsha twice without Targum (after having finished the whole parsha Shnayim Mikrah VeChad Targum). <Ref> Kaf Hachaim Palagi 27:3, Chida in Morah BeEtzba 4:131</ref> | ||
==Earliest and latest time== | ==Earliest and latest time== | ||
# One can begin to read the weekly Parsha after the congregation (Tzibbur) read the first Aliyah of the Parsha at Mincha on Shabbat. <Ref> S”A 285:3 says one can start on Sunday, however, the Mishna Brurah 285:7 and Kaf HaChaim 285:24 explain that this was imprecise and really one is permitted to start once the Tzibbur began reading the Parsha at Shabbat Mincha. See Sh”t Yaskil Avdi O”C 5:39 and Sh”t Asse Lecha Rav 7:16. SA Harav 285:5 and Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 72:11 rule that you should wait until sunday. </ref> | # One can begin to read the weekly Parsha after the congregation (Tzibbur) read the first Aliyah of the Parsha at Mincha on Shabbat. <Ref> S”A 285:3 says one can start on Sunday, however, the Mishna Brurah 285:7 and Kaf HaChaim 285:24 explain that this was imprecise and really one is permitted to start once the Tzibbur began reading the Parsha at Shabbat Mincha. See Sh”t Yaskil Avdi O”C 5:39 and Sh”t Asse Lecha Rav 7:16. SA Harav 285:5 and Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 72:11 rule that you should wait until sunday. </ref> | ||
