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For the average cultivated Jewish layperson, is it more common to learn Aramaic to read the Targums or to study the Talmud?

I gather that may vary from stream to stream of Judaism. I am genuinely curious to know the extent of which Aramaic lives as a reading or classical language to this day on the Jewish communities. Do you think the reading of the Targums is analog to the use of the Latin Vulgate by traditionalist Catholics? Does any Hebrew school or yeshiva put almost the same emphasis on Aramaic as they do on Hebrew? Do you usually have any Aramaic instruction before you learn the Kaddish?

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