Responsa for Moed Katan 26:3
<big><strong>מתני׳</strong></big> מחפין את הקציעות בקש רבי יהודה אומר אף מעבין מוכרי פירות כסות וכלים מוכרים בצנעה לצורך המועד הציידין והדשושות והגרוסות עושין בצנעה לצורך המועד רבי יוסי אומר הם החמירו על עצמן:
<big><b>MISHNAH: </b></big>FIGS [WHILE DRYING] MAY BE COVERED WITH STRAW;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' During the festival week, to protect them from rain. are split figs, which are sun-dried and pressed into cakes. V. commentaries on Alfasi 's text and Krauss, TA II, 246.');"><sup>6</sup></span> R'JUDAH SAYS, THEY MAY EVEN BE PILED UP [IN HEAPS].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The figs, or the covering straw. V. GEMARA:');"><sup>7</sup></span> VENDORS OF FRUITS, CLOTHING AND [OTHER] WARES MAY SELL Privily FOR THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE FESTIVAL [WEEK].
Teshuvot Maharam
A. Even when the mourner has bread, but prefers it fresh, he is permitted to grind wheat.
SOURCES: Pr. 20; cf. Rashba I, 845; Mord. M.K. 929.