Mishael Cheshin

Mishael Cheshin (Hebrew: מישאל חשין‎; 16 February 1936 – 19 September 2015) was an Israeli Justice who served in the Supreme Court of Israel from 1992 to 2006.^[1]

Mishael Cheshin

Biography

Mishael Cheshin was born in Beirut, Greater Lebanon.^[2] He was the son of Shneor Zalman Cheshin [he] and Leah (née Margalit). His father, born in Jerusalem, was a Justice of the Israeli Supreme Court, and was related to Shneur Zalman of Liadi. His mother, born in Beirut to parents from Safed, the founding president of the Jerusalem Foundation.^[3][4][5] They had three children,^[6] one of them, Shneor, was killed in hit-and-run accident in 2010.^[3]

Cheshin studied in the Hebrew University High School^[7] and later studied law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.^[2]

Legal career

Prior to his appointment as a Supreme Court justice, Cheshin served 16 years in the Justice Ministry, culminating with a stint as deputy-attorney general from 1974–1978.^[8] He then entered private practice for 14 years, before being appointed to the Court. While serving as chairman of Israel's Central Election Commission, Cheshin suspended broadcasts of a press conference held by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon as a violation of election law.^[9] On 19 September 2015, Cheshin died at the age of 79 from cancer.^[10]