לֶ֣חֶם חֲמֻד֞וֹת לֹ֣א אָכַ֗לְתִּי וּבָשָׂ֥ר וָיַ֛יִן לֹא־בָ֥א אֶל־פִּ֖י וְס֣וֹךְ לֹא־סָ֑כְתִּי עַד־מְלֹ֕את שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת שָׁבֻעִ֖ים יָמִֽים׃ (פ)
Я не ел ни приятного хлеба, ни плоти, ни вина во рту, и я вообще не помазывал себя, пока не исполнились три целых недели.
Duties of the Heart
Among them, what Daniel did in praying to G-d on the lengthiness of the first exile, and his mourning on it, that he said: "I ate no decent bread, neither came meat nor wine in my mouth"(Daniel 10:3), and the angel said to him: "from the first day that you did set your heart to understand, and to chasten yourself before G-d, your words were heard" (Daniel 10:12), and the rest of the matter. This is the best of all the practices of separation.