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Echoes of Your Soul in Everyday Life
Why do you like that song? Why did you marry that one? Where does your soul go when you sleep? Why do you dream? Do animals have souls?
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Kabbalah and the Hidden Architecture of You
Reincarnation, soulmates, dreams, names: what these and other mysteries reveal about the hidden design of your life
Course dates
October 27-December 1
Six consecutive weekly sessions.
Day and time
Tuesdays, 7:30 pm
Ninety minutes per lesson.
Location
Chabad of Pacific Palisades
17315 West Sunset Boulevard, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272
Tuition
$150 for the series (Textbook included)
Includes the full-color student textbook.
About
A six-week course on key concepts from kabbalah and how they come together to answer some of life’s biggest questions
Why do soulmates exist, and how do you find yours? What actually happens to your soul when you sleep? Have you lived before, and if so, what did you come back to finish?
This six-week course takes the most fascinating ideas in Kabbalah and unlocks them with the clarity and depth they’ve always deserved.
You’ll leave with a completely new way of seeing yourself and everything around you.
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Courses to date
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Students to date
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Years of JLI
Course Outline
A course on Kabbalah’s most fascinating ideas.
Have you lived before? Why’d you marry that one? Slip behind reality’s facade to see what really makes your life flow.
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Traces of the Sefirot in Your Body and Soul
What are the sefirot and how are they relevant to your life? Why do you have ten fingers? Is G-d’s name written on your body? What’s the mystical secret of marital intimacy?
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The Mystical Backstory of Your Soul
What’s the secret behind your preferences in food and music and your emotional disposition? What is reincarnation? Why do you keep facing the same struggle? What did your soul come here to do?
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Signals from Heaven in Your Daily Life
Can someone else’s soul join yours? Who really chose your name? Why do you sometimes wake up inspired? What do souls do in paradise each night? Why does that person’s flaw bother you?
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The Ripples of Your Thoughts and Words
Can your thoughts reach someone far away? Do words affect the people you talk about? What happens when you put yourself down? Can positive thinking change your reality? Can you impact heaven?
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How You Can Touch Infinity in a Finite World
What’s the secret behind G-d’s many names? Where in my life can I touch Divine infinity? How can we bring G-d’s boundless blessings into our lives? If G-d already decided, why pray? Can you love someone’s flaws away?
Your Instructor
Rabbi Avi Cunin
Rabbi ·
Chabad of Pacific Palisades
Questions before you register? Get in touch — happy to talk it through.
Endorsements
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For centuries, the wisdom of Kabbalah has been concealed: too well hidden. Now, JLI offers all seekers the opportunity to discover the profound insights of the Jewish mystical tradition. This course will deepen your understanding of G-d, Torah, and self. Highly recommended.
Author of the Pritzker translation of the Zohar; The Essential Kabbalah and other titles
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The course Kabbalah and the Hidden Architecture of You delves into some of fundamental concepts and symbols that have informed the Jewish mystical tradition on the nature of the human self. Drawing on the rich legacy of the kabbalah and Chasidism, particularly as expressed in the Chabad tradition, the student will be exposed to the intricate mysteries of the world and of the soul that impart knowledge of the transcendence of the infinite essence manifest in the immanence of the finite universe of space and time.
University of California, S. Barbara. Author, Venturing Beyond: Law and Morality in Kabbalistic Mysticism, and other titles
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Kabbalah and the Hidden Architecture of You offers a look behind the veil of the physical facade to explore the spiritual composition of your true self and the world around you. . . . The answers in this course transform the way you see yourself, your life’s mission, and your relationship with your Creator.
YouTube’s most popular Rabbi. Author, Divinely Vulnerable, and other titles
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The most pressing issue of today: self-understanding and the meaning of life. This is a perfect course in a perfect moment in history: not just the timing, but its creativity and comprehensiveness. The oldest and most wisdom-laden manual for life, the kabbalah, is now exposited and explained in a superb package, ribboned by clarity, conciseness and spiritual truths. Compelling and enlightening!
Founder, Spiritgrow Centre. Author, Practical Kabbala
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This magnificent program throws open the doors of Jewish mysticism and spirituality to all seekers! Come learn how to build a life filled with meaning, reflection, and deep connection to self, others, and God!
Professor, Stanford University. Senior Scholar-in-Residence, The Institute of Jewish Spirituality and Society. Author, Laws of the Spirit, and other titles
Register
Where does your soul go at night?
Join us for six ninety-minute sessions over six weeks this October and November to get answers to life’s biggest and most alluring questions.
FAQ
None at all. The course is built for adults coming to this material for the first time, and everything is taught in English from a textbook written for newcomers. Students who have studied before still find plenty that is new.
Each of the six lessons stands on its own, so missing one will not leave you lost. Let us know and we will make sure you have the material you missed before the next session.
Yes. Tuition covers the full-color student textbook, which is yours to keep and is worth having on the shelf long after the course ends.
You are welcome to. Most people come for the full series because the lessons build on each other, but drop-ins are always welcome. Get in touch and we will sort out the details.
JLI courses carry continuing-education credit for a number of professions. Ask us about the current accreditation for this course and we will confirm what applies in your field.
Please still come. Speak to us privately and we will work something out. Nobody is turned away over tuition.
Coming Up
Two more JLI courses in 2027
Finish this series and keep going. Both run here, in the same format.
Winter 2027
6 lessons
The Missing Piece
The foundation beneath Israel’s central place in Jewish life
Spring 2027
4 lessons
Chew on This
The meaning, heritage, and soul of Jewish food
The course
Find us
- Chabad of Pacific Palisades
- 17315 West Sunset Boulevard, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272
- 310-454-7783
