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<DIV><FONT size=2>I'm trying to find the origin of the Hebrew quotation, "Ayn
Simchah Kehatoras Hasfekos", </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>( <FONT size=2>No joy can equal the resolution of doubt).
</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT size=2></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT size=2>As far as I know it is not found in Chazal.
</FONT></FONT><FONT size=2>It can be found in the Metzudas Dovid (Mishlay
15:30).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>I have seen it attributed to the Rema (but where?). My
unreliable memory indicates that it</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>was coined by R' Yedaya Hapnini or R' Solomon ibn Gabirol
(11th Century).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Can anyone help in resolving this doubt?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Elozor Reich</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>