Editing Meir Shlomo Yanovsky (section)

== About Him ==
Reb Meir Shlomo was a great genius in both nigleh and chassidus, a lover of peace who fled from honor. He was also a wonderful musician with great musical sensitivity. When he would sing, the melody would penetrate deep into the heart and even a heart of stone would melt. He composed several Chabad nigunim, one of them being the nigun "Rachamana D'anei". (The nigunim appear in Sefer HaNigunim and some were recorded on a disc produced by his townsman Shmuel Betzalel Althaus). He also composed the RG nigun.

Reb Meir Shlomo once contracted typhus himself - a disease that claimed many victims in that period when they couldn't find the appropriate cure. Because of this, and to prevent its spread, the authorities would take the sick to an isolated quarantine camp far from the city. Without medicine for their illness, these unfortunate ones would writhe in pain until their passing R"L. Except for a doctor who would visit them once a day and give them medicine to quiet their pain, no one had any access to them. Thus they would pass away lonely and isolated in their final days and years on earth. Like all others, he too - Reb Meir Shlomo - was taken to the quarantine camp far from the city, alone, isolated and helpless. When his faithful friend Reb Asher Grossman learned of this, he rushed to the quarantine camp with a Tanya in hand. Unable to enter his room, Reb Asher stood by the door and began reading aloud chapter 11 of Igeres HaKodesh which begins with the words "Lehaskil'cha Binah". This letter explains that no evil descends from above, and one should rejoice at all times and moments in their faith in Hashem who does good with them at every moment etc., and one who believes will not feel any suffering in the world and everything is completely good etc. After finishing the reading, Reb Asher left the place and returned home. This scene repeated itself for thirty consecutive days - every day he would leave the city to the closed camp and read aloud the aforementioned Tanya chapter. Eventually he recovered from the illness and related that after hearing the Tanya chapter, he felt his condition improving and felt better.