יום א Date: 26 Adar I, 5776 (3/6/16) – Gittin Daf 84 {Eliezer}

REALIZING REALITIES

[84a bottom] Abaye: If one makes a Get on condition to doing something Assur (prohibited), it is just as if he made a condition to fly or walk on water. R’ Rosner: The Halachic reality (as one is prohibited to transgress the Torah) is the same as the physical reality (an inability to perform an impossible task) [and according to R’ Yehudah ben Teima – these conditions are invalid and the Get stands as completely functional].

D-E-ep Thoughts: We must view the Torah’s laws just as we understand “laws” of nature. The same way we ‘know’ physical realities and live our lives within and around them [ie: we throw our keys onto a shelf ‘expecting’ them to fall in an exact spot], we must also put (at least) just as much of our energies into living spiritual lives and walking appropriately on the “Straight Path of Life,” while never veering from the absolute reality [ie: by only doing Mitzvos and that which brings us closer to G-d].