Study Yoma folio 53B with parallel Hebrew-English text, traditional commentary, and modern study tools. Free access to Babylonian Talmud online.
They said to Rav Yosef: This is what Rava does. Rav Yosef was blind and could not see for himself. Rav Yosef said to him: May it be God’s will that you lift your head over the entire city, in reward for honoring your teacher.
§ Apropos the obligation of a student to walk backward when taking leave of his teacher, the Talmud discusses a similar topic. R' Alexandri said that R' Yehoshua ben Levi said: One who prays must take 3 steps backward upon concluding his prayer and then recite: Peace, in a manner befitting one who
The Talmud comments that this was also taught in a baraita: One who prays must take 3 steps backward upon concluding his prayer and then recite: Peace. And if he did not do so, it is better for him not to have prayed, as his actions are disrespectful toward God. And they said in the name of Shemaya
The Talmud asks: What is the reason for: And it says? Why is it necessary to cite another source? The Talmud explains: If you say that it is merely the usual manner to give an object with the right hand, but this bears no special significance, come and hear: “1,000 may fall at your side, and 10,000
The Talmud relates that Rava saw Abaye reciting: Peace, by bowing at the end of his prayer to his right first. Rava said to him: Do you maintain that you should bow to your right? I say you should bow to your left first, as it is the right of God, since He is opposite you face-to-face, as it were