LEV207 There has been much debate as to whether or not there are individual reasons for each commandment. Even if there are reasons, many question if man should seek out these reasons in order to give the mitzvot more personal and individual meaning. Clearly, the main reason to perform any commandment is simply because God commanded these actions. This is reflected in [this] verse in Leviticus and in the word "commandment" itself. Even though many commentaries have given explanations and reasons for individual commandments, is important to note, however, that all these commentaries have also stressed that reason alone cannot be the motivation for the performance. Rather, it is God's word and command in the Torah that compels the Jews to do the mitzvot. The reasons offered are only to give man more meaning once he has decided to obey and practice God's commandments. The Torah itself did not give individual explanations for commandments precisely because man would then practice each commandment depending only on whether each person would feel that that particular reason applied to him or her.