Related%20passage for Yoma 105:25

וכד הוה בעי ר' אלעזר לסגויי הוה קא אזיל לאחוריה עד דמכסי מיניה דרבי יוחנן רבא כד הוה מיפטר מיניה דרב יוסף הוה אזיל לאחוריה עד דמנגפן כרעיה ומתווסן אסקופתא דבי רב יוסף דמא

In similar manner the priests as they ministered, the Levites on their service, the Israelites on their posts<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Ta'an. 24a.');">³⁰</span> - as they left they would not turn their face back, to go out, but would turn their face sideways to leave. Thus also a disciple taking leave of his master, must not turn his face back to go away, but must turn sideways to depart. As was the case with R'Eleazar, whenever he took leave of R'Johanan: if R'Johanan wanted to leave, R'Eleazar would stand on his place, the head bowed, until R'Johanan disappeared from his sight but when R'Eleazar wished to take leave he would walk backwards until he disappeared from the sight of R'Johanan. When Raba was about to take leave of R'Joseph he would go backwards, so that his feet were bruised and the threshold of the house of R'Joseph was stained with blood.

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