Commentary for Berakhot 121:20

ולמאן דאמר פרצוף הי מינייהו סגי ברישא אמר רב נחמן בר יצחק מסתברא דגברא סגי ברישא דתניא לא יהלך אדם אחורי אשה בדרך ואפי' אשתו נזדמנה לו על הגשר יסלקנה לצדדין וכל העובר אחורי אשה בנהר אין לו חלק לעולם הבא

According to him who said [Eve was made from] a face, which of them went in front? Rab Nahman b. Isaac said : It is more probable that the masculine countenance went in front ; for there is a teaching : A man should never walk behind a woman along the road, even his own wife. Should a woman meet him on a bridge he should let her pass by on the side ; and whoever crosses a stream behind a woman will have no portion in the world to come.

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