Parashat Miketz Candle Lighting 5:07 p.m. Havdalah 6:15 p.m.

BerenTube On Friday December 8th, RMBA students successfully raised $7,500 towards the annual campaign! Students in EC3 through 12th grade raised the funds by participating in both a glow run and color run and collecting funds per lap. Thank you to all our wonderful students and parents who helped out!

We had a tiny glitch in our system 2 days ago when we sent out the Yom Chesed email and video. We hope you enjoy watching the video (link fixed) of the amazing day of chesed in memory of Rabbi Joseph Radinsky z'l.

Ultimate Parsha In this week's parsha, Miketz, Pharaoh conveys his dreams to Yosef--of healthy cows being swallowed by weak cows and of seven healthy ears of grain being consumed by seven unhealthy ears. Yet when Yosef interprets the dreams (which are in fact a single prophesy), Yosef focuses first on the upcoming years of famine, not on the years of abundance. Similarly, there is no recorded comment from the Egyptian people during the years of plenty, but when the seven years of famine occur the Torah notes "just as Yosef had said."  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! Rina Erlichman, LS Hebrew Teacher I traveled around the world. I served in the Israeli army for 2 years. I know how to play the piano. Click here for answer key

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2nd Annual Yom Chesed On Sunday December 10, over 200 volunteers came together for a day of community service in memory of Rabbi Joseph Radinsky z'l, who was known for all his acts of chesed. Students, parents, teachers, and members of the community had a plethora of activities to choose from both on and off campus. Glow & Color Run Students had a great time at last week's glow and color run! Lower school students and staff participated in a morning glow run held in the gym and completed over 5,000 laps together. Upper school students took their run outdoors with an exciting color run in the cool weather. Thank you to 10th grade student Rena Schwartz for designing the amazing glow in the dark RMBA spirit shirts. Click here to view more pictures from the color run, and here for the glow run.

Staff Chanukah Party On Tuesday evening, faculty and staff celebrated the upcoming holiday with a Sushi and Sufganiyot themed pre-Chanukah party! Attendees exchanged gifts via a white elephant game and everyone had a great time socializing with each other after-hours. Most popular gift: Starbucks gift card! Teachers do love their coffee! LS Chanukah Lighting Every morning which started on Wednesday (through next Tuesday) Lower School gathers together in the lobby to light the candles from the previous night. Throughout the week there have been various Chanukah activities and lots of holiday spirit in the halls.

Welcome to Tzfat Lower School students visited their next stop along the Ulpan Maasi journey in Israel--Tzfat! Bnot Sherut Osi and Shira had a Chanukah activity waiting for them in the mystical city-- candle decorating! Students learned all about the special city while decorating candles with colorful wax. Dreidel, Dreidel Morah Aviva's EC4 class learned how to play the dreidel game this week. They also made their own spinning tops while learning all about the festival of lights.

Filled with Sweetness Students in 1st grade through 12th were treated to delicious sufganiyot (filled donuts) in honor of Chanukah! The sufganiyot were all filled with different fillings, and students voted on their favorite ones! Beautifying Beren Throughout the year all of the students and teachers have had the opportunity to paint their own rocks to be placed on the rock path at RMBA's Cliffwood entrance. On Sunday, many parents and community members also participated in helping to beautify Beren Academy. The rocks have been placed on the path (which we hope you will enjoy!). There are plenty of rocks (and room left) if you would like to leave your mark on RMBA. Please be in touch with art director Colleen Bryant to come and paint your rock.

Save the Date

Early Childhood Chanukah Performances Friday, December 15, 2017 EC 2 - EC4 : 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM EC 15: 9:30 AM

K - 5th Grade Shiriyah Friday, December 15, 2017 2:30 PM

RMBA Presents: BANACHEK World Leading Mentalist An exhilarating journey into the unknown Genesis Steakhouse & Wine Bar Saturday, January 13, 2018 8:00 PM Send your end-of-the-year gift and purchase your tickets today! PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS For more information email tlevenstein@berenacademy.org or call 713.723.7170

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.  Lower and Middle School Basketball  Lower and Middle School basketball teams will resume practice on January 7th.  High School Basketball Teams High School Basketball teams will resume practices on January 2nd.

Accessing the current schedule http://www.berenacademy.org/apps/events/2017/11/?id=5 Please re-sync your calendars weekly. If you have any questions, please email Coach Cole at  chriscole@berenacademy.org.

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