Reference for Berakhot 27:15

(א"ר יונה א"ר זירא כל העושה חפציו קודם שיתפלל כאלו בנה במה א"ל במה אמרת א"ל לא אסור קא אמינא

R. Jonah said in the name of R. Zera: Whoever attends to his personal affairs before offering his prayers is as though he had erected an idolatrous altar. He was asked : Dost thou say "an idolatrous altar"? He answered : No, I only mean it is prohibited; and it is in accordance with the statement of Rab Iddi b. Abin

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