ר' וסטיני

Rabbi Vestini in the time of Rabbi Levi said [(Baba Metzia 117a) Vestini said in the name of Rabbi Levi. The Aruch wrote under the entry "Kar" in Baba Metzia (117) that the lower one provides the "tikkra" (ceiling) and the upper one provides the "ma'aziva." This refers to the beams or boards with which the house is covered, which are called "tikkra," and the mortar that is placed among them and is rounded in a circular manner is called "ma'aziva." Another explanation is found under the entry "ma'aziv" in the Aruch.

And he wrote about this in the addition to the Aruch that the first explanation is difficult according to the version of the Aruch under the entry "ma'aziv." What is "ma'aziva"? Rabbi Yochanan ben Hachorik said it is beams and supports, and Rabbi Levi said it is mortar.

Therefore, it does not align with the opinion of this master nor with the opinion of that master regarding what is stated here.

However, according to our version, it is clear what "tikkra" is. Rabbi Yochanan ben Hachorik said it is beams and supports, and the other explanation fits well with the version of the Aruch, and it is an authentic version because it is not the way of the Gemara to explain known terms, but rather terms that are not known. The term "tikkra" is known, as it is from the language of a beam, but the term "ma'aziva" is not commonly used; therefore, he asks what "ma'aziva" is.

And now that we have come to this point, we can say that the Aruch's version of beams and supports is correct and not like our version. Vestini said in the name of Rabbi Levi, and Rashi explains there that he is a sage because we do not find this name in the Talmud, and it is not fitting that a scholar would be referred to by the name Vestini, which means "Satan." Even if we assume the version is in its place, what is "tikkra"?

Rabbi Yochanan ben Hachorik said it is beams and supports, which fits well, and "mortar" because there is mortar that connects the beams and supports, and it is from the ceiling, and there is another mortar that is spread over the ceiling, which is called "ma'aziva." And in the Mishnah, in the chapter "Ohalot," it is clearly proven that "ma'aziva" is on the beams, as stated.

Thus, the author of the Aruch in the addition is mistaken and has labored in vain, and he has produced falsehood as if Rashi referred to Vestini as a sage, and we do not find this name in the Talmud.

And Rashi is true, and his Torah is true, as it is stated in the Jerusalem Talmud at the end of Baba Metzia regarding that matter: Rabbi Yusta in the name of Rabbi Levi said the lower one provides the "tikkra" and the supports, and the upper one provides the "ma'aziva." And in the Jerusalem Talmud, in the chapter "Yesh Nachalin," law 6, and in the 19th of Ketubot, Rabbi Yostini had a case before the Rabbis, and they required him to stand before Rabbi Levi, who said to him, 'Go and sign for your property.' Hence, Yostini is a student of Rabbi Levi, and it should also be in the Babylonian Talmud as Rabbi Yostini said in the name of Rabbi Levi. Or it is the way of the Jerusalem Talmud to omit or add a letter.

Also, the lineage brought here is Vestini, and in the letter Yud, it brought Yostini, a student of Rabbi Shimon ben Lakish.

Thus, it is not noticed that they are one and the same, and there are many mentions of Yusta or Yostini in the Jerusalem Talmud (see above letter Yud).]