Editing The Guide for the Perplexed (section)

===The opening letter ===
The book begins with a letter from Maimonides to his dear student, Rabbi [[Joseph ben Judah]] of Ceuta. Maimonides praises his student's sharp comprehension and eagerness to acquire knowledge. 

{{blockquote|Then when God decreed our separation and you betook yourself elsewhere, these meetings aroused in me a resolution that had slackened. Your absence moved me to compose this Treatise, which I have composed for you and for those like you, however few they are. I have set it down in dispersed chapters. All of them that are written down will reach you where you are, one after the other.}}