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June 26, 2012 8:10 pm at 8:10 pm #880931
R.T.
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Hi yaff80.

I just happened to look through my copy of the Sefer Shemot Chachamim, and the following is a loose translation.

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Rabbenu Yom Tov moved from France to England towards the end of his life (and it is thought that he moved after the petira of Rabbenu Tam).

Tosafot Yoma 48a praises him as HaKadosh Rabbenu Yom Tov. Rav Shimshon MiShanz also brings his Chiddushim and praises him with great honour.

He was niftar Al Kiddush HaShem during the crusades that massacred the residents of York.