Tasting One's Own Food Before the Meal of Consolation
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Question
Is it permissible for a mourner before the meal of consolation to taste a little of their own fruits, etc.?
Answer
He should not eat anything of his own.
Source
In the Gemara Moed Katan, page 27b: "A mourner, on the first day - is forbidden to eat his own bread, as the Merciful One said to Ezekiel: and bread of men do not eat." This implies that specifically bread is forbidden to eat of his own, before the meal of consolation, but other things are permitted. However, in the responsa Divrei Malkiel, part 2, siman 97, it brings the version of the Rif and the Rosh who did not include bread in the Gemara, but state that a mourner is forbidden to eat his own. And this is also inferred from the language of the Shulchan Aruch, in siman 378, paragraph 1, where it is written that a mourner is forbidden to eat his own in the first meal, and the word bread is omitted.
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