Yom Tov of Joigny

Yom Tov (alt. Yom Tob) of Joigny, also denoted of York (died 1190) was a French-born rabbi and liturgical poet of the medieval era who lived in York, and died in the massacre of the Jews of York in 1190. A Hebrew language hymn attributed to him,[1] transliterated "Omnam Kayn" or "Omnam Ken" (Heb: "indeed thus") is still recited in Eastern Ashkenazi synagogues each year on the evening of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. He was a student of Rabbeinu Tam.[2]

Clifford's Tower, where the Rabbi Yom Tob and the Jews of York were killed in 1190.
  1. ^ Jacobs, Joseph (1893). The Jews of Angevin England. London: David Nutt. pp. 109–111.
  2. ^ Yom Tob of Joigny at the Jewish Encyclopedia

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