Quoting%20commentary 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.

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