Quoting%20commentary for Berakhot 48:4

בשלמא מגהק ומפהק לא קשיא כאן לאונסו כאן לרצונו אלא מתעטש אמתעטש קשיא

It is quite right that there is no difficulty in the matter of belching or yawning, for here it was an involuntary act and [the denunciation just quoted] refers to one who does it deliberately ; but there is a difficulty

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