While each of us has the abil­i­ty to trans­form our­selves and there­by the world through small acts of moral behav­ior, we nonethe­less need bold moral thinkers and advo­cates will­ing to place the big pic­ture on our agen­das. In cre­at­ing this, the first of a mul­ti-vol­ume com­pendi­um, Rab­bi Joseph Telushkin — pro­lif­ic author, spir­i­tu­al leader, schol­ar and cham­pi­on of a broad vision of Klal Yis­rael—has giv­en us a won­der­ful gift. Com­bin­ing a wide range of Jew­ish texts, prac­ti­cal sto­ries, and ​“pop-psy­chol­o­gy” sug­ges­tions, he has placed before us, a guide that will bear read­ing and reread­ing. Telushkin’s first vol­ume cov­ers issues such as: build­ing char­ac­ter; good man­ners and civil­i­ty; humil­i­ty; anger; truth, lies and per­mit­ted lies; and act­ing as an ambas­sador of God, to name but a few.