Sitting on a Bench with Genizah Books, Prohibition on Medicines on Yom Tov
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Question
1. Is it permissible to sit on a chair that is attached to another chair on which there are holy books? 2. Why is it forbidden to take medicines on Yom Tov when the reason for the prohibition is that one might grind ingredients, and on Yom Tov grinding ingredients for food preparation is allowed?
Answer
Hello Rabbi
1. It is permissible. Because it is not considered disrespectful.
2. Surely you have seen the Magen Avraham and Mishnah Berurah (Siman 532), who derived from the wording of the Shulchan Aruch (there, section 2) that it is forbidden on Yom Tov.
Some explain that even on Yom Tov, grinding ingredients for medicine is forbidden because it is not suitable for everyone.
Source
Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim, Siman 532, section 2, Magen Avraham and Pri Megadim there, Mishnah Berurah there.
Notes of the Gaon, Rabbi Yosef, shlita (Moed Katan 10:).