Commentary for Berakhot 58:3
אמר רב פפא בריה דרב אחא בר אדא הא דאמרן סיים חוזר לראש לא אמרן אלא שעקר רגליו אבל לא עקר רגליו חוזר לעבודה
Rab Pappa the son of Rab Aha b. Adda said : The statement "If he had concluded the Tefillah, he must recommence it" only applies should he have moved his feet ; but if he has not done so, he returns to the sixteenth benediction.
Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
On concluding the Tefillah one steps back three paces, as though retiring from the divine Throne before which the prayer was offered.
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