Commentary for Bava Metzia 226:10

תנא כרשב"ג תנא קמיה והכי קאמר ליה השתא לרשב"ג זבוני מזבנינן ליה סדורי מסדרינן ליה דתנן רשב"ג אומר אף לעצמו אינו מחזיר אלא עד שלשים יום מכאן ואילך מוכרן בב"ד

The Master said: 'Further, a couch, a couch and a mattress must be left to a wealthy man, and a couch, a couch and a matting for a poor man.' For whom [is the second couch]? Shall we say, For his wife, sons, and daughters? But you say, 'but not for his wife, sons and daughters'! Hence both are for himself. Then why two? — One at which he eats and the other on which he sleeps. Even as Samuel said, viz.: For all things I know the cure, except the following three: [i] eating bitter dates on an empty stomach; [ii] girding one's loins with a damp flaxen cord; and [iii] eating bread and not walking four cubits after it.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Before retiring. Rashi: hence one must have a couch for dining placed four cubits distant from the sleeping couch, so that he will be bound to take the necessary exercise! ');">⁹</span>

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