Reference for Sotah 77:4

שאלו תלמידיו את ר' אלעזר בן שמוע במה הארכת ימים אמר להן מימי לא עשיתי בית הכנסת קפנדריא ולא פסעתי על ראשי עם קודש ולא נשאתי כפי בלא ברכה

His disciples asked R. Eleazar b. Shammua, 'How have you prolonged your life?' He replied: 'Never have I made use of a Synagogue as a short cut,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In Ber. 62b it is stated: If one enters a Synagogue not for the purpose of making it a short cut, he may use it in that manner. But R. Eleazar took a stricter view. ');">⁷</span> nor stepped over the heads of the holy people,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., made his way to his seat by passing through the students who sat on the floor. He either arrived first or sat on the outside. ');">⁸</span>

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