[Avodah] aveilus of Nine Days is equivalent to Shloshim

[Moshe Feldman]

On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 8:42 AM, SBA <sba at sba2.com> wrote:
> From: "Moshe Feldman"
> Nefesh HaRav p. 191 cites Pischei Tshuva OC 551:3 citing Tshuvas Panim
> Me'iros that a woman is permitted to have a haircut during the Nine
> Days given that there are *some* poskim who permit her to have a
> haircut during Shloshim.  The implication is that the Nine Days are no
> more chamur than Shloshim.
>>>
>
> What about eating meat? Who bans eat during Shloshim - or even Shiva?

It would seem therefore that while not taking a haircut is a din in
aveilus, not eating meat is not a din of aveilus but a din of zeicher
l'churban (part of m'shenichnas Av mema'atin b'simcha).  Connects to
the gemara IIRC that originally in the aftermath of the churban they
considered banning eating of meat on any day of the year, but
reconsidered that because it would be too difficult.

Kol tuv,
Moshe