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The Lakewood Scoop · Aug 25, 2026

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He Never Took No for an Answer – Except From Daas Torah: A Tribute to Reb Yankie Meyer zt”l on His Yahrzeit, 13 Elul For decades, “Yankie Meyer” was a household name. He was the ultimate askan of a generation – a man whose address was wherever a Yid needed help and whose hours were whenever the telephone rang. And it always rang: minutes before Shabbos, on Yom Kippur, during the Pesach Seder, and while everyone else was on vacation. Sometimes it was a single Yid sitting frightened in a police station. Sometimes a family had suffered an unimaginable tragedy. Sometimes an entire community needed someone who could accomplish the seemingly impossible. The scale changed. Yankie did not. The key to understanding Reb Yankie Meyer zt”l lies in one apparent contradiction: Yankie never took no for an answer. Except when the “no” came from Daas Torah. READ MORE ⤵️ Click here to join the official TLS Community:

*He Never Took No for an Answer – Except From Daas Torah: A Tribute to Reb Yankie Meyer zt”l on His Yahrzeit, 13 Elul* For decades, “Yankie Meyer” was a household name. He was the ultimate askan of a generation – a man whose address was wherever a Yid needed help and whose hours were whenever the telephone rang. And it always rang: minutes before Shabbos, on Yom Kippur, during the Pesach Seder, and while everyone else was on vacation. Sometimes it was a single Yid sitting frightened in a police station. Sometimes a family had suffered an unimaginable tragedy. Sometimes an entire community needed someone who could accomplish the seemingly impossible. The scale changed. Yankie did not. The key to understanding Reb Yankie Meyer zt”l lies in one apparent contradiction: Yankie never took no for an answer. Except when the “no” came from Daas Torah. *READ MORE* ⤵️ https://thelakewoodscoop.com/news/he-never-took-no-for-an-answer-except-from-daas-torah-a-tribute-to-reb-yankie-meyer-ztl-on-his-yahrzeit-13-elul/ ~~~ Click here to join the official TLS Community: https://chat.whatsapp.com/GGwlPaiG0d49MJTRLfHVPN ~~~

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