This person told me her husband won’t let her eat pizza during the 9 days because it’s not an appropriate food for mourning. Anybody ever hear of that?
The prohibitions of the nine days aren’t precisely about mourning. After all, a person who is actually sitting shiva is allowed to eat meat — and the nine days is NOT worse than actually sitting shiva.
What next? No ice cream? No soda? Seriously, what qualifies as “appropriate food for mourning” and not “appropriate food for mourning?”
The Wolf