Let’s consider Shna’im Mikra v’Echad Targum as a corollary. We could be doing something better with our time according to someone earlier — learning b’iyun, learning halacha l’ma’aseh. And yet the Shulchan Oruch tells us to be ma’avir the sedrah. And furthermore, “a yerei shomayim learns Rashi’s p’shat also.” This is despite the fact that Rashi’s p’shat is not always the halacha.
By analogy, while one could say that one could be learning something “better” than the “bare” Mishneh Torah, we can self-examine and realize that we botul some time everyday. So we can add the Rambam without taking away. Some of us learn one perek a day over three years to lighten the burden to make it more realistic. Also, it’s possible to dwell a little more on each halacha.
The Rebbe suggested learning the Rambam — it’s not like being ma’avir the sidra which is halacha — and thereby all Jews would be united in learning one item of Torah sheb’al peh every day. We certainly need unity.
Yisroel v’Oraisa v’Kudsha Brich Hu chad hu.
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