The Torah says that Ya’akov Avinu, sensing his end was near, decided to let his sons in on one of the best kept secrets of all history, the end of days.

THERE IS A certain football team that has won some very important championship games, one being the Super Bowl, in overtime because they won the coin toss. Until recently, the first team to score a touchdown in overtime won the game, so winning the toss was crucial.

The Secret is a 2006 self-help book…based on the earlier film of the same name. It is based on the belief of the pseudoscientific law of attraction, which claims that thoughts can change a person’s life directly.

TORAH IS ENDLESS, but I’m not. I have been writing Perceptions for exactly 30 years now, b”H, and I have always tried to avoid repeating previous divrei Torah.

The steps Ya’akov Avinu took to prepare for his final confrontation with Eisav, Chazal tell us, teach us about how to prepare for any confrontation we might have as nation.