Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Related for Berakhot 92:12

אמר רב ששת אנא מתניתא ידענא דתניא כיצד סדר הסבה בזמן שהן שתי מטות גדול מסב בראש ושני לו למטה הימנו בזמן שהן שלש מטות גדול מסב בראש שני לו למעלה הימנו שלישי לו למטה הימנו מים הראשונים מתחילין מן הגדול מים אחרונים בזמן שהם ה' מתחילין מן הגדול ובזמן שהם מאה מתחילין מן הקטן עד שמגיעים אצל ה' וחוזרין ומתחילין מן הגדול ולמקום שמים אחרונים חוזרין לשם ברכה חוזרת

Rab Sheshet said [to the Exilarch] : I know a teaching, viz. : What is the procedure of reclining ? When there are two couches, the more important person reclines first, and the other below him. When there are three couches, the chief person reclines first, the next important above him, and the third below him. They begin the washing previous to the meal with the chief guest. As for the washing at the conclusion of the meal, when there are five, they commence with the chief guest; but when there are a hundred they commence with the person of least importance until they reach the last five, and then they commence with the principal guest. To whom the water after the meal returns, [the privilege of saying] Grace likewise returns.

Tosefta Berakhot

What is the order of [the beds in the room used for] reclining [during eating]? At the time when there are [only] two beds, the [most] senior [person]4 reclines on top of the first [bed] and the second one to him [in seniority reclines] below him (i.e. his head is at the first person’s feet). And at the time when there are three beds, the [most] senior [person] reclines on top of the middle [bed], the second one to him [in seniority reclines] above him, [and] the third one to him [in seniority] reclines below him. [If there are more than three people, then] they get ordered in this way (i.e. in groups of three) and on.
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