
Becoming Soul
A Kabbalistic Journey Into the Divine Self
Beneath the surface of your personality lies your Neshama, your divine soul—yearning to express, to grow, to connect. This six-part course draws from the wellsprings of Kabbalah and Chassidut to illuminate the spiritual architecture of the self and the path to soulful living. We’ll explore how the soul ascends, how individuality merges with Divine Unity, and how inner struggle is not a flaw, but the gateway to purpose.
Week 1 – Climbing the Soul Ladder
Explore the five levels of the soul and how to access your Divine potential through inner elevation.
Week 2 – How to Be You
Learn to align your will (ratzon) with your soul’s mission—living with integrity and higher consciousness.
Week 3 – Happy to Be You
Delve into the Kabbalistic view of simcha (joy) as the soul’s natural state, and how to live with inner light.
Week 4 – The Quest for G-d
Understand the tension between Emunah (faith) and Da’as (knowing), and how both are needed to seek the Infinite.
Week 5 – The Self That Loves
Uncover how the Divine Soul sees others, not as “them,” but as part of one cosmic whole.
Week 6 – Perfectly Imperfect
Reveal the paradox of Divine descent: Why the soul enters a world of struggle, and how darkness becomes light.
Speaker
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Rabbi Yisroel LevineDirector of Chabad of Oak Park
Rabbi Yisroel Levine has been teaching Chassidic thought and Kabbalistic concepts for over twenty years. His ability to bring the deeply esoteric to the very practical has influenced and inspired hundreds who attend his popular classes and courses at the Academy. He and his wife Leah are the spiritual leaders of Chabad of Oak Park and are the proud parents of eight children and 7 grandchildren.