Parashat Terumah Candle Lighting 5:54 p.m. Havdalah 7:03 p.m.

BerenTube Do you know how Jews came to Texas? What Jewish and Texan foods have in common? We hope you can join us at RMBA's Jewish Texas Fair and Museum on February 22nd! More details in the Save the Date section below.

Ultimate Parsha In this week's parsha, Terumah, Hashem describes to Moshe how the Menorah is to be made. The Menorah was incredibly difficult to visualize, and Moshe wasn't certain he could make such an object. Still, Gur Aryeh explains that Moshe began to work to create the menorah. Ultimately Hashem miraculously completed the work for him. This is similar to the splitting of the Red Sea: Moshe had to first raise his staff to begin the task, before Hashem concluded this miracle. The lesson seems to be that Hashem expects man to do as much as he can before Hashem intervenes with miracles.  To continue reading please click here...

2 Truths & A Lie We are excited to feature someone from the RMBA family in every issue of the Buzz via this fun game! Want to be featured? Email Tania Levenstein your 2 truths and a lie! Rafi Engelhart, Shaliach I am a licensed taxi driver. I got into a fight with Scooby Doo at Disney World when I was 3. I made an accidental appearance in an advertisement. Click here for answer key

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How Water Works Middle School students had a fantastic time last week when they visited The Waterworks Educational Center. Students learned all about water purification and conservation and the importance of the world's fresh water resources. Coil Pots 2nd grade students learned how to create coil pots out of clay in art, and were excited to plant rosemary or basil seeds inside of them after painting with glaze. We hope the plants will grow!

Awards 7 Years in a Row! RMBA students did a great job of representing Bahrain at YUNMUN XXVIII ( Yeshiva University 's National Model UN). Congratulations to Gabe Gross, Noah Diner, and Jeffrey Collins on the Honorable Mention awards they received! Thank you to Laura Mitzner Paletz and Steven Paletz for preparing the group and to Naima Bagot for chaperoning them to New York. Random Acts of Kindness This week RMBA participated in the National Random Acts of Kindness Week. Each day kicked off with daily announcements to get the school in the spirit. Lower school classrooms were visited by Lower School Guidance Counselor Stacey Laves-Khalifa who facilitated an activity with the students, and Upper school students handed out notes with kind words to one another throughout the week. Older students also wrote "nice-notes" to younger students to put on their lockers and vice versa.

Senior Night Seniors Maya Wadler, Bracha Teigman, and Jonny Abitbol were honored between basketball games against CHSA on Senior Night for their contributions to their athletic teams. Congrats! Congratulations to 4th grade student Gaby Brown who has won second place in the elementary school division of the RZA (Religious Zionists of America) Yom Yerushalayim National Art Contest. The picture above is her winning entry.

Humility Our Head of School Dr. Paul Oberman shares his thoughts on the humbling experience he had shadowing a high school student in 'Hayidion', the Prizmah journal. Click here to read all about his experience. Hebrew Twister in the K Since it was raining throughout the whole week Kindergarten played a fun "inside" game where the students reviewed Hebrew letters by playing an adapted version of Twister, Students had to try and put their hands and feet on specific letters. It was an exciting challenge to follow the directions while trying not to fall down!

Save the Date

Purim at RMBA Please click on the image to enlarge details for themed costume week at RMBA.

* RMBA YEARBOOK ORDERS *  Ads in the yearbook are available for purchase as follows: Full Page $350 1/2 Page $200 1/4 Page $150 1/8 Page $75 To place an ad please CLICK HERE. To order the RMBA yearbook please CLICK HERE . The deadline for both ads and orders is February 16th (tomorrow!).

RMBA Lower School Presents: Jewish Texas Fair & Museum Thursday, February 22, 2018 4:30 - 6:30 PM Texas style dinner will be served!

All In For RMBA's 1st Annual MEN'S NIGHT POKER TOURNAMENT  Saturday, March 10, 2018 8:30 PM Play Begins Genesis Steakhouse & Wine Bar Must register ahead! Cash & other great prizes! Please click here to RSVP

Athletic Updates

Please see the Beren Academy Calendar as your most up to date source for information. The  Week at a Glance  is a snapshot, but does not reflect any changes made after that date.  Sports Awards Dinner All teams are invited to celebrate all of the accomplishments from this school year on Monday, April 23rd. The dinner will take place at 6:30 PM in the ulam. Uniform Turn In Please have all athletes return any Beren jerseys that they have at home. These need to be turned in DIRECTLY to Coach Cole by the players. Please do not turn them into the office or leave them in the gym.   DISTRICT CHAMPS HS Girls Basketball  Congratulations to the High School Girls Basketball team for clinching their first district championship since 2015. They will have a bye in the first round of the playoffs and will host the winner of the Bryan Allen/Victoria Faith Academy game next Tuesday. Details will be sent out as soon as they are known. HS Boys Basketball  The High School Boys Basketball team finished 8-0 in district and 22-3 overall. This is the first district championship for the boys since 2015. They will have a bye in the first round of the playoffs and will host the winner of the Conroe Covenant Christian/Victoria Faith Academy game next Tuesday. Details will be sent out as soon as they are known.

Accessing the current schedule https://www.berenacademy.org/apps/events/2018/1/?id=5 Please re-sync your calendars weekly. If you have any questions, please email Coach Cole at  chriscole@berenacademy.org.

Community Events

* RMBA / UOS / Bnei Akiva Annual Mishloach Manot *

Please CLICK HERE to place your Mishloach Manot order. First Deadline is: Wednesday, February 7, 2018 Final Deadline with $10 surcharge: Tuesday, February 20, 2018 Please CLICK HERE to read instructions on how to place your order.

A Night Out with Adrienne Gold COMMITMENT The Courage to Live & Love Without an Exit Strategy Saturday, February 17, 2018 8:00 PM The Evelyn Rubenstein JCC Cocktails and Desserts $36/person Please click on image for additional details and to register

Bnei Akiva Houston Presents Torah Waffles Gym Who: 1st - 6th Graders When: February 17th, 2018 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM Cost: FREE! Robert M. Beren Academy 11333 Cliffwood Drive

Bnei Akiva Houston Presents: Under the Big Top Purim Carnival Who: Everyone's Invited! When: February 28th following Megillah reading (approx. 7:45PM - 9:30 PM) Cost: $15 (Family max $40) Where: RMBA Gym 11333 Cliffwood Drive

Chevraya Bet Purim Party Who: 9th - 12th Graders When: February 28th, 2018 After the Purim Carnival Robert M. Beren Academy 11333 Cliffwood Drive

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