The Sefer Haachinuch explains that he gives the taamei hamitzvos- not the sibas hamitzva- it’s just a taste of what the Mitzva means. The true meaning/reason is beyond our human comprehension. Torah and MItzvos are Divine, and we are mortal. To some degree we can give “reasons” that make it easier to do the Mitzva, but these are just superficial understandings of why Hashem gave us that Mitzva. As much as we can understand and it helps us to do the mitzva, then we should delve into the mitzva. But ultimately, it comes down to one thing, we are doing the mitzva because Hashem commanded us.
For example, we can say that we have a mitzva of eating matza on Pesach because we ate matza in Mitzrayim, and because our dough did not rise when we left Mitzrayim. Sounds reasonable, makes the mitzva meaningful to us. But we also know that Avraham kept the Torah and ate Matza,. The “reason” for the mitzva is not relevant to him, since it had not happened yet. This shows us that there is more behind this mitzva than we see at face value.
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