In the aftermath of Hamas' brutal attack in Israel on Oct. 7, Rabbi Hamilton is sharing a daily letter that speaks to our spirits and our hearts. It offers concrete steps and actions that will bring us together around core questions. You can receive the messages directly in your inbox by signing up here. This is just one of the ways we're bringing our community together to mobilize for the Jewish people and Israel. See KI's other efforts here.
Below, you will find an archive of messages.
Daily Letter 393: Growing Season
Daily Letter 392: 4 Ways
Daily Letter 391: Stay Maladjusted
Daily Letter 390: Today's Ask
Daily Letter 389: Promise
Daily Letter 388: Emotional Manipulation
Daily Letter 387: Emotionally Honest
Daily Letter 386: The Outward-turn Points Upward
Daily Letter 385: Habits of the Heart
Daily Letter 384: Harder Days
Daily Letter 383: ‘Because I wasn’t running alone’
Daily Letter 382: Of Good Spirit
Daily Letter 381: Of Good Spirit
Daily Letter 380: 15 Months Too Long
Daily Letter 393: Growing Season
Daily Letter 392: 4 Ways
Daily Letter 391: Stay Maladjusted
Daily Letter 390: Today's Ask
Daily Letter 389: Promise
Daily Letter 388: Emotional Manipulation
Daily Letter 387: Emotionally Honest
Daily Letter 386: The Outward-turn Points Upward
Daily Letter 385: Habits of the Heart
Daily Letter 384: Harder Days
Daily Letter 383: ‘Because I wasn’t running alone’
Daily Letter 382: Of Good Spirit
Daily Letter 381: Of Good Spirit
Daily Letter 380: 15 Months Too Long
Daily Letter 375: What To Wish For
Daily Letter 374: Rekindle Contentment and Purpose
Daily Letter 373: Prepared
Daily Letter 372: Knowing something may not help. But noticing it can
Daily Letter 371: A Worthier Story
Daily Letter 370: Tender Kindness
Daily Letter 369: Hanukkah arrives right on time this year
Daily Letter 368: Clean and Clarify
Daily Letter 374: Rekindle Contentment and Purpose
Daily Letter 373: Prepared
Daily Letter 372: Knowing something may not help. But noticing it can
Daily Letter 371: A Worthier Story
Daily Letter 370: Tender Kindness
Daily Letter 369: Hanukkah arrives right on time this year
Daily Letter 368: Clean and Clarify
Daily Letter 367: Words That Startle the Guilty
Daily Letter 366: Over there. Over here.
Daily Letter 365: Doing Wonders for Your Soul
Daily Letter 364: Persistence
Daily Letter 363: Low Points
Daily Letter 362: Not Knowing Can Be Okay
Daily Letter 361: Watching Over From Above
Daily Letter 360: Redeem our Promises
Daily Letter 359: Being Capable
Daily Letter 358: Forced to Discover New Solutions
Daily Letter 357: Unexpected learning can be the best kind of learning
Daily Letter 356: 431 Days Too Many
Daily Letter 355: Seeking Spiritual Goods
Daily Letter 354: Overnight Change and Unpredictability
Daily Letter 353: More Strength
Daily Letter 352: More Than Words
Daily Letter 351: Syria - Operation Good Neighbor
Daily Letter 366: Over there. Over here.
Daily Letter 365: Doing Wonders for Your Soul
Daily Letter 364: Persistence
Daily Letter 363: Low Points
Daily Letter 362: Not Knowing Can Be Okay
Daily Letter 361: Watching Over From Above
Daily Letter 360: Redeem our Promises
Daily Letter 359: Being Capable
Daily Letter 358: Forced to Discover New Solutions
Daily Letter 357: Unexpected learning can be the best kind of learning
Daily Letter 356: 431 Days Too Many
Daily Letter 355: Seeking Spiritual Goods
Daily Letter 354: Overnight Change and Unpredictability
Daily Letter 353: More Strength
Daily Letter 352: More Than Words
Daily Letter 351: Syria - Operation Good Neighbor
Daily Letter 350: 15 People
Daily Letter 349: Good Company
Daily Letter 347: Another Tale of Love and Darkness
Daily Letter 346: Grateful Am I
Daily Letter 349: Good Company
Daily Letter 347: Another Tale of Love and Darkness
Daily Letter 346: Grateful Am I
Daily Letter 345: He’ll take me to Kindergarten...And pick me up
Daily Letter 344: Wellsprings and Well-being
Daily Letter 344: Wellsprings and Well-being
Daily Letter 343: Repeated Exposure
Daily Letter 342: Jewish Life
Daily Letter 341: Confronting Self-Doubt Pushes Me Forward
Daily Letter 340: A Battle That Never Stays Won
Daily Letter 339: ‘Nowhere else than the Human Heart’
Daily Letter 338: Cherry-Pick a Moment of Kindness
Daily Letter 337: The Holy and The Vile
Daily Letter 336: ill will
Daily Letter 335: What Would You Have Done?
Daily Letter 334: Typography of Terror
Daily Letter 333: Turning a Reflex Into Action
Daily Letter 332: Be’er Sheva
Daily Letter 331: When Rescue is Scary
Daily Letter 330: Strength for the Weary
Daily Letter 329: Pain Gives Way to Promise
Daily Letter 328: Regions Where Wonder Is Active
Daily Letter 327: Look to the Covenant
Daily Letter 326: Ideals
Daily Letter 325: Climbing
Daily Letter 324: Enduring Loss
Daily Letter 323: Dignity Displaces Despair
Daily Letter 322: Love and Life
Daily Letter 321: In Polite Company
Daily Letter 320: The Aspiration Business
Daily Letter 319: Your Commitments
Daily Letter 318: It's The Beginning
Daily Letter 317: Doing Your Best With What You've Got
Daily Letter 316: Above and Beyond
Daily Letter 315: Showing Up
Daily Letter 314: The Way of Growth
Daily Letter 313: Our Better Selves. Our Believing Selves
Daily Letter 312: Stay In Your Lane
Daily Letter 311: Why No Four Questions?
Daily Letter 310: Goals and Systems
Daily Letter 309: Adding Eases Subtraction
Daily Letter 308: Source of Awe
Daily Letter 307: Our Growth-Rate
Daily Letter 306: Bringing Lessons Forward:
Daily Letter 305: We Remember by Upbuilding
Daily Letter 304: An Eve of October 7 Fast Day
Daily Letter 303: David’s Sling and David’s Lyre
Daily Letter 302: Where This Leads
Daily Letter 301: Why Ongoing Letters
Daily Letter 300: Good Thoughts
Daily Letter 299: Keeping the Plot
Daily Letter 298: Your Storehouse
Daily Letter 297: Simple and Telling
Daily Letter 296: Your Soul Begs For Work
Daily Letter 295: Something To Do Today
Daily Letter 294: Focus
Daily Letter 293: Pivotal Moments
Daily Letter 292: If Only
Daily letter 291: Be a Countervoice
Daily Letter 290: You're Grounded
Daily Letter 289: Doing A Better Job With Your Mistakes
Daily Letter 288: What You Bring Into Your Shelter
Daily Letter 287: Warning and Warming
Daily Letter 286: Anger to Joy
Daily Letter 285: Being Needed
Daily Letter 284: With the grain. Against the grain.
Daily Letter 283: What's Beautiful in Jewish Life
Daily Letter 282: A Place at Your Table
Daily Letter 281: Notice, Contain, and Then Reverse Course
Daily Letter 280: May Pain Not Be In Vain
Daily Letter 279: A New Season's Psalm
Daily Letter 278: Thank you. Forgive me. Please.
Daily Letter 277: Take Attendance
Daily Letter 276: Heartbroken
Daily Letter 275: Your Spiritual Journey's ETA
Daily Letter 274: Good Reminders
Daily Letter 273: Sacred Work
Daily Letter 272: If only, it were more complicated
Daily Letter 271: Troubling
Daily Letter 270: Security
Daily Letter 269: Where Strength Comes From
Daily 268: Daily Prayer
Daily Letter 267: Back Where They Belong
Daily Letter 266: The Good Land
Daily Letter 265: Mentors
Daily Letter 264: Turning Outward
Daily Letter 263: Impossible to Inevitable
Daily Letter 262: Companionship
Daily Letter 261: Israeli Resilience
Daily Letter 260: What We Know
Daily Letter 259: Weeping at Night
Daily Letter 258: Restarting a Heart
Daily Letter 257: ‘Even when the world didn’t make sense to him, Judaism did’
Daily Letter 256: Responses
Daily Letter 255: Ten Months
Daily Letter 254: Faith
Daily Letter 253: Noticing
Daily Letter 252: Hatikvah at The Olympics
Daily Letter 285: Being Needed
Daily Letter 284: With the grain. Against the grain.
Daily Letter 283: What's Beautiful in Jewish Life
Daily Letter 282: A Place at Your Table
Daily Letter 281: Notice, Contain, and Then Reverse Course
Daily Letter 280: May Pain Not Be In Vain
Daily Letter 279: A New Season's Psalm
Daily Letter 278: Thank you. Forgive me. Please.
Daily Letter 277: Take Attendance
Daily Letter 276: Heartbroken
Daily Letter 275: Your Spiritual Journey's ETA
Daily Letter 274: Good Reminders
Daily Letter 273: Sacred Work
Daily Letter 272: If only, it were more complicated
Daily Letter 271: Troubling
Daily Letter 270: Security
Daily Letter 269: Where Strength Comes From
Daily 268: Daily Prayer
Daily Letter 267: Back Where They Belong
Daily Letter 266: The Good Land
Daily Letter 265: Mentors
Daily Letter 264: Turning Outward
Daily Letter 263: Impossible to Inevitable
Daily Letter 262: Companionship
Daily Letter 261: Israeli Resilience
Daily Letter 260: What We Know
Daily Letter 259: Weeping at Night
Daily Letter 258: Restarting a Heart
Daily Letter 257: ‘Even when the world didn’t make sense to him, Judaism did’
Daily Letter 256: Responses
Daily Letter 255: Ten Months
Daily Letter 254: Faith
Daily Letter 253: Noticing
Daily Letter 252: Hatikvah at The Olympics
Daily Letter 251: Emotions in Motion
Daily Letter 250: A Lesson Plan
Daily Letter 249: Homeward
Daily Letter 248: Integrity
Daily Letter 247: Moment of Silence
Daily Letter 246: Insult to Injury
Daily Letter 245: Near and Personal
Daily Letter 244: Olympics
Daily Letter 243: A Corner of Faith
Daily Letter 242: Fast Day
Daily Letter 241: Seeding A Brighter Future
Daily Letter 240: Beyond Victimhood
Daily Letter 250: A Lesson Plan
Daily Letter 249: Homeward
Daily Letter 248: Integrity
Daily Letter 247: Moment of Silence
Daily Letter 246: Insult to Injury
Daily Letter 245: Near and Personal
Daily Letter 244: Olympics
Daily Letter 243: A Corner of Faith
Daily Letter 242: Fast Day
Daily Letter 241: Seeding A Brighter Future
Daily Letter 240: Beyond Victimhood
Daily Letter 239:A People That Dwells Alone
Daily Letter 238: 30 Years
Daily Letter 237: Two Ways To Say Something
Daily Letter 236: Am I Missing Anything?
Daily Letter 235: Our Moral Identity
Daily Letter 234: Stand Up Nation
Daily Letter 233: Answering Antisemitism
Daily Letter 232: Blinded By Aspirations
Daily Letter 231: Painful
Daily Letter 230: Change
Daily Letter 229: “For every difficulty, a new device”
Daily Letter 228: 9 Months
Daily Letter 227: What Does Growth Look Like For Her?
Daily Letter 226: America
Daily Letter 225: Changing Minds
Daily Letter 224: It's Personal
Daily Letter 223: It’s All Occurring At Once
Daily Letter 222: When Dialogue's A Bad Idea
Daily Letter 221: Let This be the Push
Daily Letter 238: 30 Years
Daily Letter 237: Two Ways To Say Something
Daily Letter 236: Am I Missing Anything?
Daily Letter 235: Our Moral Identity
Daily Letter 234: Stand Up Nation
Daily Letter 233: Answering Antisemitism
Daily Letter 232: Blinded By Aspirations
Daily Letter 231: Painful
Daily Letter 230: Change
Daily Letter 229: “For every difficulty, a new device”
Daily Letter 228: 9 Months
Daily Letter 227: What Does Growth Look Like For Her?
Daily Letter 226: America
Daily Letter 225: Changing Minds
Daily Letter 224: It's Personal
Daily Letter 223: It’s All Occurring At Once
Daily Letter 222: When Dialogue's A Bad Idea
Daily Letter 221: Let This be the Push
Letter 218: Orchestrating Our Feelings
Daily Letter 217: Fighting Fire with Light
Daily Letter 216: The Worst and The Best
Daily Letter 215: Your Compass Can Do Wonders For Your Compassion
Daily Letter 217: Fighting Fire with Light
Daily Letter 216: The Worst and The Best
Daily Letter 215: Your Compass Can Do Wonders For Your Compassion
Daily Letter 213: Chaos
Daily Letter 212: Music
Daily Letter 211: Looking Up To People
Daily Letter 210: What You Accuse. What You Confess
Daily Letter 209: Loveliness
Daily Letter 208: Tears of Love
Daily Letter 207: Remember Your Destination
Daily Letter 206: Spirit Restoring
Daily Letter 205: Pursue. Don’t Solve
Daily Letter 204: Aspirations
Daily Letter 203: Something Has Awakened
Daily Letter 202: Jerusalem Day
Daily Letter 201: Every Story Should Include Them
Daily Letter 200: 240
Daily Letter 199: Chin Up
Daily Letter 198: Puting Hope To Work
Daily Letter 197: Knowing May Not Help, But Noticing Can
Daily Letter 196: Personal Stories of Courage and Love
Daily Letter 195: Needs as Spiritual Opportunities
Daily Letter 194: Their Goals. Our Goals.
Daily Letter 193: Being Trusted
Daily Letter 192: ‘It meant the world to them’
Daily Letter 191: Finding Our Voice
Daily Letter 188: Our Proud Flag
Daily Letter 187: That Secret Melody Humming Inside Us
Daily Letter 183: May Our Tears Sew Blessed Memories
Daily Letter 182: ‘Our Children Will Save Us’
Daily Letter 181: One Small Light
Daily Letter 180: Minding Your Mental Activity
Daily Letter 179: A New Moon
Daily Letter 182: ‘Our Children Will Save Us’
Daily Letter 181: One Small Light
Daily Letter 180: Minding Your Mental Activity
Daily Letter 179: A New Moon
Daily Letter 177: Witness
Daily Letter 176: Agreeable Solace
Daily Letter 175: Drained or Filled Up
Daily Letter 174: To Our Collegiates
Daily Letter 173: Jewish Gifts
Daily Letter 172: Where This Is All Going
Daily Letter 171: Not Alone
Daily Letter 170: Erasive Antisemitism
Daily Letter 169: Focus
Daily Letter 168: How We Gain Ground
Daily Letter 167: Growth as Greatness
Daily Letter 166: Dipping Twice
Daily Letter 165: Our Holidays arrive just-in-time
Daily Letter 164: What this war is and who’s fighting it
Daily Letter 163: May Their Courage Kindle Ours
Daily Letter 162: Uncertainty
Daily Letter 161: Doing the Opposite
Daily Letter 176: Agreeable Solace
Daily Letter 175: Drained or Filled Up
Daily Letter 174: To Our Collegiates
Daily Letter 173: Jewish Gifts
Daily Letter 172: Where This Is All Going
Daily Letter 171: Not Alone
Daily Letter 170: Erasive Antisemitism
Daily Letter 169: Focus
Daily Letter 168: How We Gain Ground
Daily Letter 167: Growth as Greatness
Daily Letter 166: Dipping Twice
Daily Letter 165: Our Holidays arrive just-in-time
Daily Letter 164: What this war is and who’s fighting it
Daily Letter 163: May Their Courage Kindle Ours
Daily Letter 162: Uncertainty
Daily Letter 161: Doing the Opposite
Daily Letter 158: How Hamas is fighting. Not how Israel is
Daily Letter 157: Wonder
Daily Letter 156: A Personal 6-Month Reflection
Daily Letter 155: Our hand-made Jewish Gifts
Daily Letter 154: Ramadan Respect
Daily Letter 153: 180 Days
Daily Letter 152: Humanity’s Front-Line
Daily Letter 151: Tuning our minds to tender melodies
Daily Letter 150: The best way to stand your ground
Daily Letter 149: A Share in This Mitzvah
Daily Letter 148: Making Finer Points
Daily Letter 147: On having to justify “I deserve to exist”
Daily Letter 146: What's the endgame
Daily Letter 145: “We were loaded onto trucks”
Daily Letter 144: Writing a new history today
Daily Letter 157: Wonder
Daily Letter 156: A Personal 6-Month Reflection
Daily Letter 155: Our hand-made Jewish Gifts
Daily Letter 154: Ramadan Respect
Daily Letter 153: 180 Days
Daily Letter 152: Humanity’s Front-Line
Daily Letter 151: Tuning our minds to tender melodies
Daily Letter 150: The best way to stand your ground
Daily Letter 149: A Share in This Mitzvah
Daily Letter 148: Making Finer Points
Daily Letter 147: On having to justify “I deserve to exist”
Daily Letter 146: What's the endgame
Daily Letter 145: “We were loaded onto trucks”
Daily Letter 144: Writing a new history today
Daily Letter 143: Listening For Feelings
Daily Letter 142: Making Peoplehood Personal
Daily Letter 141: Togetherness
Daily Letter 140: "Who Are You?"
Daily Letter 139: A To-Don't List
Daily Letter 138: This Too Shall Pass
Daily Letter 137: Clearing Clotted Passageways
Daily Letter 136: Tell your allies you appreciate them
Daily Letter 135: Rigid in Principle and Tender in Application
Daily Letter 134: People fall on the leaning side
Daily Letter 133: How can you possibly respond to that?
Daily Letter 132: You’ll need to grow with the case
Letter 131: Post-Traumatic Growth
Daily Letter 130: Asking Victims to become Builders
Daily Letter 129: Honoring Unsung Heroes
Daily Letter 134: People fall on the leaning side
Daily Letter 133: How can you possibly respond to that?
Daily Letter 132: You’ll need to grow with the case
Letter 131: Post-Traumatic Growth
Daily Letter 130: Asking Victims to become Builders
Daily Letter 129: Honoring Unsung Heroes
Daily Letter 128: 2 Essential Lessons from my Israel Visit
Daily Letter 127: Stand for instead of Stand against
Daily Letter 126: Children of Israel - From Torah to Today
Daily Letter 125: Watchful
Daily Letter 124: Mugged By Reality
Daily Letter 123: The Good Awakening
Daily Letter 122: Keeping Watch
Daily Letter 121: And...
Daily Letter 127: Stand for instead of Stand against
Daily Letter 126: Children of Israel - From Torah to Today
Daily Letter 125: Watchful
Daily Letter 124: Mugged By Reality
Daily Letter 123: The Good Awakening
Daily Letter 122: Keeping Watch
Daily Letter 121: And...
Daily Letter 114: ‘Touch hearts. Hold each other’s hands. Strengthen each other.’
Daily Letter 113: The Way of Growth
Daily Letter 112: Determined
Daily Letter 113: The Way of Growth
Daily Letter 112: Determined
Daily Letter 108: Before the Start of a Funeral Service
Daily Letter 107: More Modest Solutions
Daily Letter 106: Conspiracy Thinking
Daily Letter 103: The best way to stand your ground is to stay grounded
Daily Letter 102: Your New Dictionary
Daily Letter 102: Your New Dictionary
Daily Letter 101: Your Ratio of Questions to Statements
Daily Letter 100: Roadside along the way
Daily Letter 99: Permanent and Temporary
Daily Letter 98: Humanize
Daily Letter 100: Roadside along the way
Daily Letter 99: Permanent and Temporary
Daily Letter 98: Humanize
Daily Letter 97: Freedom's way
Daily Letter 96: Rising despite punishing pain
Daily Letter 95: October 7, 1944
Daily Letter 94: How long, how soon?
Daily Letter 93: It's good to worry about your own morality
Daily Letter 91: Piece together my heart
Daily Letter 90 - Making music with what remains
Daily Letter 96: Rising despite punishing pain
Daily Letter 95: October 7, 1944
Daily Letter 94: How long, how soon?
Daily Letter 93: It's good to worry about your own morality
Daily Letter 91: Piece together my heart
Daily Letter 90 - Making music with what remains
Daily Letter 85: Heart Failure
Daily Letter 84: How to Stay Sane
Daily Letter 83: I Was Wrong. You Were Right.
Daily Letter 84: How to Stay Sane
Daily Letter 83: I Was Wrong. You Were Right.
Daily Letter 81: The Joy of Jewish Discovery
Daily Letter 80: Birth at Kibbutz Alumim
Daily Letter 79: Human Dignity
Daily Letter 78: Tenderness
Daily Letter 80: Birth at Kibbutz Alumim
Daily Letter 79: Human Dignity
Daily Letter 78: Tenderness
Letter 71: Listening for the Feelings of Others is Always in Season
Daily Letter 70: President Isaac Herzog’s Leadership
Daily Letter 69: Humanity’s Best-Friend
Daily Letter 70: President Isaac Herzog’s Leadership
Daily Letter 69: Humanity’s Best-Friend
Letter 68: True but incomplete
Letter 67: Our hard Jewish nucleus
Letter 66: Worthy of admiration
Letter 65: I Want In
Letter 64: Making a better case
Letter 67: Our hard Jewish nucleus
Letter 66: Worthy of admiration
Letter 65: I Want In
Letter 64: Making a better case
Letter 63: A Thank-you note to Herzl
Letter 62: It's a great time to be JewishLetter 61: Leadership
Letter 60: One Response
Letter 59: Growth Awaits Us
Letter 58: A Tender 83 Seconds
Letter 57: Why
Letter 56: Word from Iran
Letter 55: Also, happening today
Letter 54: Hanukkah Lights
Letter 53: What Dedication Looks Like
Daily Letter 52: Oct. 7 - Dec. 7
Daily Letter: 51: You matter
Letter 56: Word from Iran
Letter 55: Also, happening today
Letter 54: Hanukkah Lights
Letter 53: What Dedication Looks Like
Daily Letter 52: Oct. 7 - Dec. 7
Daily Letter: 51: You matter
Daily Letter 49: Being a servant of light
Letter 48: Kindle the lights
Letter 47: Israel's Dignity
Letter 46: How will you respond?
Letter 45: Moshe Dayan's Words
Letter 44: Choices
Letter 43: Together
Letter 42: Human Life
Letter 41: Thinking Highly
Letter 48: Kindle the lights
Letter 47: Israel's Dignity
Letter 46: How will you respond?
Letter 45: Moshe Dayan's Words
Letter 44: Choices
Letter 43: Together
Letter 42: Human Life
Letter 41: Thinking Highly
Letter 40: Faith Keeping
Letter 39: What We're Grateful Four
Letter 38: A Mother's Prayer
Letter 37 What You Want to hear
Letter 36: This...
Letter 35: Digging in or Digging Deep
Letter 34: Knowing Better
Letter 33: One Special Day in D.C.
Letter 32: ‘It matters less what the world says than what the Jews do’
Letter 31: “A moment of mortal and moral peril”
Letter 39: What We're Grateful Four
Letter 38: A Mother's Prayer
Letter 37 What You Want to hear
Letter 36: This...
Letter 35: Digging in or Digging Deep
Letter 34: Knowing Better
Letter 33: One Special Day in D.C.
Letter 32: ‘It matters less what the world says than what the Jews do’
Letter 31: “A moment of mortal and moral peril”
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