Meshullam Phoebus ben Israel Samuel (Hebrew: משולם פייבש בן ישראל שמואל; c. 1547 – October 17, 1617) was a Polish rabbi, who served as av beit din of Kraków.
He initially gained recognition as the head of a thriving yeshiva in Brest-Litovsk, one of his pupils being Joel Sirkes.
Meshullam was widely respected as an authority on rabbinical matters, he participated in the meetings of the Council of Four Lands while in Cracow,[3] and was consulted by other prominent scholars of his time.
[5] In a responsum to Joshua Falk ha-Kohen, Meshullam offered an interpretation of a passage from Niddah, demonstrating a thorough understanding of anatomy and some knowledge of Latin.
[7] Abraham Schrenzel, in his work Etan ha-Ezraḥi,[8] references a treatise titled Sefer Shemot Giṭṭin by Meshullam on proper names in bills of divorce.