Grandfather to the feast, grandfather to the Shulchan
He sat around the Shulchan of the meal.
("Thus were the pure ones who were in Jerusalem: they would not seal the treasury unless they knew who was sealing it. And they would not sit in judgment unless they knew who was sitting in it, and they would not gather at a meal unless they knew who was sitting in it" - Sanhedrin 23:1, and so: "And each one turned his face For herself, and be careful from the beginning to sit down to eat and from the emptiness of the house of the midrash" - Shekel Tov (Buber) names chapter 16, and so: "And when you take your hands and sit down to eat, only then will you see and be careful, because there is no one in the house to wash the face" - Shalom Aleichem / Adam Ba'al Keva, p.
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הַסָּב לִסְעוּדָה, הַסָּב לַשֻּׁולְחָן
Definition (Hebrew)
יָשַׁב סְבִיב שֻׁולְחַן הַסְּעוּדָה.
("כָּךְ הָיוּ נְקִיֵּי הַדַּעַת שֶׁבִּירוּשָׁלַיִם עוֹשִׂין: לֹא הָיוּ חוֹתְמִין עַל הַשְּׁטָר אֶלָּא אִם כֵּן יוֹדְעִין מִי חוֹתֵם עִמָּהֶן. וְלֹא הָיוּ יוֹשְׁבִין בְּדִין אֶלָּא אִם כֵּן יוֹדְעִין מִי יוֹשֵׁב עִמָּהֶן, וְלֹא הָיוּ נִכְנָסִין בִּסְעוּדָה אֶלָּא אִם כֵּן יוֹדְעִין מִי מֵסֵב עִמָּהֶן"- סַנְהֶדְרִין כג ע"א, וְכֵן:"וְכָל חַד וְחַד מַפְנֶה לִנְפָשֶׁיהָ, וְדַוְקָא מִפְּנֵי הָאוֹרְחִין לְהָסֵב לִסְעוּדָה וּמִפְּנֵי בִּטּוּל בֵּית הַמִּדְרָשׁ"- שֶׁכָּל טוֹב (בּוּבֶּר) שְׁמוֹת פֶּרֶק טז, וְכֵן:"וּכְשֶׁאַתָּה נוֹטֵל יָדֶיךָ וּמֵסֵב לִסְעוּדָה, רַק אָז תִּרְאֶה וְתִוָּכַח, כִּי אֵין סַכִּין בַּבַּיִת לְבִצּוּעַ אֶת הַפַּת"- שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם/ אָדָם בַּעַל קֵבָה, עו)