Commentary for Bava Batra 196:9
טרקלין י' על י': מאי טרקלין קובתא בי וורדי
<b><i>GEMARA.</i></b> Why has it been stated, A WEDDING HOUSE FOR HIS SON OR A WIDOW HOUSE FOR HIS DAUGHTER, and not 'a wedding house for his son or daughter, or a widow house for his son or daughter'? — [By this the Mishnah] has taught us incidentally that it is not the [proper] way for a son-in-law to live at the house of his father-in-law; as it is written in Bensira, 'I have weighed all things in the scale of the balance and found nothing lighter than bran; lighter than bran is a son-in-law who lives in the house of his father-in-law; lighter than [such] a son-in-law is a guest [who] brings in [with him another] guest; and lighter than such a guest [is he who] replies before he hears [the question],<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [Cf. Sirach, Ecclus. XI, 8.] ');"><sup>9</sup></span>
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