Taking Food from the House of Mourning
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Question
Is it permissible to take food left in the house of mourning to one's own home?
Answer
It is customary not to take anything from the house of mourning due to the evil spirit that resides there. However, if it was taken out, it is permissible to eat.
And food that was brought in from outside during the seven days of mourning is permitted to be taken out.Source
It is written in the A"R, Siman 224, Section 8, and brought in the Raak"A, Yoreh De'ah, Siman 376: "It is customary not to take anything, small or large, from the house of mourning throughout the seven days of mourning due to the evil spirit that resides there all seven days."
However, the Chida in the book Yosef Ometz wrote: "I received from my teacher the Gaon, Rabbi Mordechai Chaim Segal, that the custom not to take anything from the house of mourning during the seven days has no basis in the world, and he said that this mistake arose from what the poskim stated: one who lent a shirt to his friend to go to the house of mourning is not allowed to take it back until the days of mourning have passed."
In practice, it is customary to be stringent not to take anything from the house of mourning.
And the opinion of our teacher, the Rabbi, is that an item brought from outside during the seven days of mourning is not prohibited to be taken out.