THIS WEEK’S PARSHA is climactic for an obvious reason, and a less obvious reason. The giving of the Torah at Mt. Sinai is one of the most important events of all of history, greatly altering the direction of mankind.

THE ARMENIANS TRIED to get the same kind of attention for the genocide they suffered during World War I at the hands of the Turks, as the Jews did after the Holocaust. But most people who saw the signs hanging around the Armenian Quarter in the Old City recalling it probably just moved on, barely wondering what they were talking about, or who the Armenians are.

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.