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An alter bochur I was friends with in yeshiva once told the mashgiach that he wasn’t in seder on Friday night because he was too busy being maavir sedrah. Then, he told him that he wasn’t in seder on shabbos afternoon for the same reason. Then, he told him that he wasn’t at shachris on Sunday because he was up all night being maavir sedrah. The mashgiach asked why it took so long, so he explained that in parshas vayakhel, when it talks about the “amos” of the mishkan, it stands for “arbah mikrah v’tishah targum.”

The alter bochur explained that he is meikil according to this shittah to only do 4 mikrah, because some say that “v’eyleh shemos” stands for “shmonah mikra v’assarah targum”!