פירוש על ברכות 15:30

"That R. Menahem said" is added by M.

In addition to hearing the recital of the weekly lection from the Pentateuch in the Synagogue, it was a pious act to read through the Parashah at home, twice in the original and once in the Aramaic translation, the Targum. It is here recommended that the home-reading should cover the same portion of Scripture as the Synagogue-reading.

Complete his portions- of every Sabbath and Sabbath:

Verses twice and translation (Targum, i.e. Aramaic translation) once - Some explain that the requirement [of reading a translation] applies to foreigners in their (native) language, as it is like (Aramaic) Targum that sometimes explains the verses. Because, just as the (Aramaic) Targum explains [the verses] to the Amei Ha'aretz (literally, "People of the Land"), so too, foreigners understand [the translation of the verses] through their native tongue. However, this does not appear [to be a correct], since the (Aramaic) Targum explains items that cannot be understood from the Hebrew, as can be found in many places. [For example], Rabbi Yosef said, (Megillah 3a) "If it were not for the (Aramaic) Targum of this verse, I would not know what it is speaking of." Therefore, one should not recite [the translation] in any language the third time (i.e. after the verses are read in Hebrew twice), except for the language of the (Aramaic) Targum.