Are you saying that in halacha we have to understand them, but in hanhaga/hashkafa we don’t have to understand them?
No, I’m just pointing out that your question is misapplied. As you well know, we do follow poskim even if we don’t understand. So, as midwesterner has done, learn the rishonim on the sugya, but don’t extrapolate falsehoods from your boich teirutz to a kashya.