Yom Tov of Falaise
11th century French rabbi
About Yom Tov of Falaise
Rabbi Yom Tov of Falaise, also called Rabbi Yom Tov ben Rabbi Yehuda, was one of the 11th-century Baalei Tosafot in France.
Family His father was Judah ben Nathan (Rivan), who was Rashi's son-in-law, making him Rashi's grandson. He had a brother named Rabbi Eliezer.
His children were Rabbi Yehuda ben Yom Tov, the father-in-law of Rabbi Isaac ben Samuel (R'I the Elder), and Rabbi Yosef. His grandson was Rabbi Judah Messer Leon, and Bila, the youngest daughter of Rabbi Yosef ben Yom Tov, who married her uncle Rabbi Eliezer ben Rabbi Judah ben Yom Tov.
Mentions Rabbi Yom Tov is mentioned several times in Tosafot. He is also mentioned three times in Sefer haYashar
There is a Rabbi Yom Tov ben Judah mentioned in Tosafot and by Isaac ben Moses of Vienna in Ohr Zarua. Jacob Nahum Epstein and others identify him as Rabbi Yom Tov of Falaise who is mentioned by Mordechai ben Hillel in Shabbat. According to Ephraim Urbach, Rabbi Yom Tov moved to Paris.
Rabbeinu Tam described him as, "My teacher and my dear friend, my teacher, Rabbi Yom Tov, I am not worthy that you sent to me, but this is your student's opinion..."
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11th century French rabbi
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