Yom Tov of Joigny

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.

When a fire accidentally broke out in the city on 16 March 1190, de Malbis used the opportunity to incite a mob to attack the home of Benedict of York, the recently deceased agent of Aaron of Lincoln, killing his widow and children and burning the house.

With no hope of escape, Rabbi Yom Tov advised the other Jews to kill themselves rather than convert.

The pogrom was part of a series of massacres against other Jewish communities in England over the preceding weeks.

It was in the wake of religious fervor created from preparations for the Third Crusade led by Richard I against the Saracens.