used commonly by many synagogues. However this worked, the synagogues were apparently careful to make the whole Torah (Genesis through Deuteronomy) heard, understood, and applied systematically over a three-year period. The second element of synagogue worship included targum. Synagogue leaders developed the practice of orally translating the readings into the local languages. These translations were called targumim. The first targum was probably in the Aramaic language that was used by most Jews