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Yom Tov of Joigny
d. 1190
Yom Tov ben Isaac of Joigny was a talmudist and poet active in central France. He was a prominent student of Jacob ben Meir (Rabbenu Tam). His halakhic responsa appear in several later collections. He seems also to have been a biblical commentator and anti-Christian polemicist. Yom Tov eventually became the leader of the Jewish community in York, England. Alongside other members of his community, he died a martyr when English rioters attacked the Jews of York on the Sabbath before Passover in 1190.
Content by Yom Tov of Joigny
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It is surely true that our impulse controls us
Our God and God of our fathers, It is surely true that our impulse controls us; You alone can clear us, abundantly righteous One, answer us: “I have forgiven.” Despise the informer and invalidate his…
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Responsum: On Benefiting from a Non-Jew’s Fire on the Sabbath
Ever since I was a young man, I have been amazed at those who forbid Jews to warm themselves at a non-Jew’s fire that was made for a Jew. I saw my own father and teacher, and R. Meshullam as well, who…