Question

Hello Rabbi,
I saw that you’ve spent a lot of time on an in-depth study of understanding the first principle in the Book of Commandments, and I would be glad to get your opinion on an idea that occurred to me through my own attempt to understand the commentators on the principle regarding asmachta—
It seems to me that the religious norm at that time saw preserving the practices of the forefathers as an especially important religious-moral virtue. What led me to think this is that none of the commentators there (aside from the author of Kiryat Sefer) mentioned the breach in viewing the prohibition as an asmachta. Perhaps this is actually the approach of Rav Nachman bar Yitzchak (Sukkah 46a), who held that “He commanded us” is derived from the verse “Ask your father and he will tell you.”
In the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh), this outlook is expressed, for example, in the commandment of the sciatic nerve, the reading of the Megillah, ethical verses in Proverbs, and the sons of Jehonadab son of Rechab in Jeremiah.
Thank you, and Sabbath peace.