[Avodah] Three Weeks and Private Aveilus

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Micha:
> (In previous discussions of Hil' Mamrim pereq 2, I tried to show that
> even leshitas haRambam, a minhag differs from a din derabbanan in that
> a minhag is first nishpasheit, and only afterwards gets the rabbinic
> nod of post-facto approval.)"

FWIW this is the pattern with the shuman haggid

At first Rav Ashi notes it's a minhag based upon yisroel am qedoshim
not to eat it.
Theen Gmara itself treats it as a derabbanan (actually a daf earlier)

Even though it's originally a minhag Rambam treats it as an issur Derabbanan

KT
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