Q. This is an urgent question. My wife wants to cook for this Shabbes Toldos a red lentil soup that she saw advertised in a parsha food page. (naye meshugas). Is it allowed since this is a maachol avelim? We need an answer before noon erev shabes please.
Thank you for your consideration

A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit”a opinion is that you can eat a red or any other color lentil soup on Shabbos, as it is not a dedicated sign of aveilus or mourning. (Same as eating eggs or chickpeas).

Rabbi A. Bartfeld as advised by Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit”a.