What is permitted to study during Shiva

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Question

What are the things a mourner is permitted to study?

Answer

A mourner is permitted to read Job and its commentary, Lamentations and its commentary, the negative passages in Jeremiah, the laws of mourning, the third chapter of Tractate Moed Katan, and the narratives of destruction.
He studies alone and does not study with others.

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