Meat and Wine at the Mourning Meal

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Question

Is it permitted to eat meat and drink wine at the mourning meal?

Answer

At the mourning meal, as well as during all the days of shiva (except before the burial when one is considered an onen), it is permitted to eat meat and drink a little wine during the meal to aid digestion, but not to become intoxicated.

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