The previous sugya explored the reasons behind the takana of Shnayim Mikra. This sugya turns to the specific halachos, focusing on the preferred way to fulfill this obligation.

The takana calls for reading each pasuk twice as mikra and once as targum. The Rishonim discuss how to understand this requirement: Is the obligation to read each pasuk three times, with targum serving as the third reading? Or is it to read the pasuk twice and translate it once?

 Some of the questions discussed:

•  Why specifically three times?
• ·         Is the third reading required only to translate the pasuk?
• ·         If there is no real difference between the targum and the pasuk, such as when a pasuk contains only names of people and places, must one still read it a third time?
• ·         If Targum Onkelos is identical to the pasuk, but Targum Yerushalmi includes commentary, should one read Targum Yerushalmi as the third reading instead?
• ·         Should one read each pasuk twice and then immediately read its targum, or read the entire parsha or perek twice before reading the targum?
• ·         Is there an inyan to be ma'avir sedra from a Sefer Torah, and why?
• ·         Can reading along with the ba’al koreh count as one of the three required readings?
• ·         Can listening to Krias Hatorah without reading along count as one of the three required readings, based on the klal of "shomei'a k'oneh"?
• ·         Must the readings follow a specific order: mikra twice followed by targum, or mikra, then targum, then mikra?
• ·         Can one spread the weekly Shnayim Mikra over the course of the week, or is it preferable to read the entire sedra at once on Erev Shabbos?