▁a ▁well - known ▁k ab bal ist ▁and ▁a ▁ro sh ▁yes h iva ▁of ▁both ▁the ▁main ▁Bres lov ▁Yes h iva ▁in ▁Me ah ▁She ar im , ▁Jerusalem , ▁and ▁the ▁Non - B res lov ▁Sh aar ▁Hash am ay im ▁Yes h iva ▁in ▁M ek or ▁Bar uch . ▁His ▁lect ures , ▁both ▁in ▁or al ▁and ▁written ▁form , ▁emphas ize ▁the ▁application ▁of ▁Bres lov ▁and ▁other ▁related ▁Ch ass id ic ▁and ▁non - Ch ass id ic ▁teach ings ▁to ▁the ▁challeng es ▁of ▁life ▁and ▁the ▁purs uit ▁of ▁spiritual ▁growth . ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁Ya akov ▁Me ir ▁She chter ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁the ▁Old ▁City ▁of ▁Jerusalem ▁to ▁a ▁prominent ▁Bres lo ver ▁family ▁head ed ▁by ▁his ▁father , ▁Rab bi ▁D ov id ▁She chter . ▁During ▁his ▁youth ▁in ▁the ▁Old ▁City , ▁She chter ▁learned ▁from ▁Bres lov ▁el ders ▁of ▁the ▁previous ▁generation ▁— ▁especially ▁Rab bi ▁Abraham ▁Stern hart z , ▁who ▁had ▁imm igr ated ▁to ▁Israel ▁from ▁U man , ▁Ukraine ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 6 . ▁ ▁The ▁She chter ▁family ▁was ▁exp elled ▁from ▁the ▁Old ▁City ▁together ▁with ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁the ▁Jewish ▁population ▁by ▁the ▁Jordan ian ▁army ▁during ▁the ▁ 1 9 4 8 ▁Arab - Is ra eli ▁War . ▁They ▁res ett led ▁in ▁the ▁Kat am on ▁neighborhood ▁of ▁Jerusalem , ▁where ▁a ▁Bres lov ▁yes h iva ▁was ▁founded .