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Yom-Ṭob ben Isaac of Joigny
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
or Tosafist and liturgical poet who suffered martyrdom at York, Eingland, in March, 1190, as has been proved by Grätz ("Gesch." 6:455). The Jews of York sought refuge in the fortress from the fury of the populace; and after offering a vain resistance for several days the most of them, on the advice of Yom-Ṭob ben Isaac, joined him in voluntary death.
Yom-Ṭob was a pupil of R. Tam, and was prominent as a tosafist, being frequently mentioned with the epithet "ha-Ḳodesh" (= "the Holy" or "the Martyr"). He also was a Biblical exegete and a liturgical poet. His best-known productions are OMNAM KEN, a hymn sung on the eve of the Day of Atonement, and a penitential prayer in fourteen stanzas. He wrote also an elegy beginning with the words "Yah tishpok" and lamenting the death of the Jews of Blois who perished in 1071.
- Zunz, Z. G. pp. 52, 100;
- idem, Literaturgesch, pp. 286 et seq.;
- Grätz, Gesch. 6:265;
- Gross, Gallia Judaica, p. 252;
- R. E. J. 3:5;
- Tr. Jew. Hist. Soc. Eng. 3:9 et seq.;
- Jacobs, Jews of Angevin England, pp. 109-112, 125, 421 (bibliography).
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Yom-Ṭob ben Isaac of Joigny'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/y/yom-a1ob-ben-isaac-of-joigny.html. 1901.
