What is the halakhic sign of passing gas from below ('from below') versus sneezing from the nose ('from above') during prayer?

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Synopsis

The Talmud and Shulchan Aruch record that passing gas from below during prayer is a bad omen, while sneezing from the nose is a good omen.

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