Commentary for Berakhot 12:20
ההוא גברא דקא מצלי אחורי בי כנישתא ולא מהדר אפיה לבי כנישתא חלף אליהו חזייה אידמי ליה כטייעא א"ל כדו בר קיימת קמי מרך שלף ספסרא וקטליה
Once a man prayed at the rear of a Synagogue and did not turn his face in its direction. Elijah passed by, and seeing him thought that he was an Arab. He said to him, "With thy back [to the Synagogue] standest thou before thy Master? " And drawing his sword, he slew him.
Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
In place of "Elijah... Arab," M. reads: An Arab saw him. On Elijah, see p. 7 n. 5.
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Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
The text has כדו בר which Rashi explains to mean "as if there were two divine Powers." M. has בדו בר which yields no sense. Jastrow, p. 139, rightly reads as one word בדובר (Page: 32).
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