An idea from Guide for the Perplexed

Every commandment serves a purpose: a true belief, a good habit, or a fair society. Its details may not, since asking why a lamb and not a ram would fit any choice. Some stay open: “I do not know at present the reason of any of these things.”

From Guide for the Perplexed by Moses Maimonides

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