Though some of the ideas in this article are my own, many were inspired by the beautiful teaching of the Shvilei Pinchas. Have a beautiful Shabbos, Mordechai Burg וְאֵ֗לֶּה שְׁמוֹת֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל הַבָּאִ֖ים מִצְרָ֑יְמָה אֵ֣ת יַֽעֲקֹ֔ב אִ֥ישׁ וּבֵית֖וֹ בָּֽאוּ " And these are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt; with Jacob, each man and his household came :" (Shemos 1:1) The Ba’al HaTurim remarks that when you examine this passuk the words are the roshei teivos: "V’adam asher lomed haseder shnayim mikra v’echad targum b’kol naim yashir, yichyeh shanim rabos aruchim l’olam" (“And the person who learns the weekly parsha shnayim mikra v’echad targum in a sweet straight voice will live many long years." The Levush (Orach Chaim 285, 1) and Pri Megadim (ad loc Mishbetzos Zahav 1) similarly find references to the Mitzvah of shnayim mikra v’echad targum albheit with slight variations. The beginning of the passuk could be understood as “V’chayev Adam likros (or lehashleem) haparsha shnayim mikra v’echad targum”, and the passuk concludes with “v’zeh chayavim kol Bnei Yisrael”. The Chida (Chomas Anoch beginning of Parshas Shemos, brought in Toras HaChida to Parshas Shemos, 8) says that this Roshei Teivos can be found in the Rabbeinu Ephraim (early Talmudic commentator) and it is also found in the Medrash Rebbi David HaNaggid (grandson of the Rambam). Many do not realize that there is a weekly obligation to recite the weekly Torah portion twice along with the Targum. I
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