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# One is permitted to cut a tablet in half on Shabbos, and there is no concern of "mechatech" (cutting) on Shabbos.<ref>Shemiras Shabbos K’hilchoso 33:4, Shulchan Shlomo 314:13:3, Avnei Yushfei 4:58 quoting the opinion of Harav Elyashiv Shlita. Refer to ibid:footnote 30 for the reason. </ref>
# One is permitted to cut a tablet in half on Shabbos, and there is no concern of "mechatech" (cutting) on Shabbos.<ref>Shemiras Shabbos K’hilchoso 33:4, Shulchan Shlomo 314:13:3, Avnei Yushfei 4:58 quoting the opinion of Harav Elyashiv Shlita. Refer to ibid:footnote 30 for the reason. </ref>


==Taking Medicine on Shabbos <ref> The same halacha applies to the first day of Yom Tov (Refer to Magen Avraham 532:2, Chai Adom 23:1, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 98:33, Mishnah Berurah 532:5, Yom Tov Shenei K’hilchoso 1:22, Nishmas Avraham 1:pages 275-276) and both days of Rosh Hashanah (Nishmas Avraham 1:600:1, see Shemiras Shabbos K’hilchoso 31:28, Yom Tov Shenei K’hilchoso 1:22:footnote 76, Shevet Ha’kehusi 1:156 ) </ref> ==
==Taking Medicine on Shabbos <ref> The same halacha applies to the first day of [[Yom Tov]] (Refer to Magen Avraham 532:2, Chai Adom 23:1, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 98:33, Mishnah Berurah 532:5, [[Yom Tov]] Shenei K’hilchoso 1:22, Nishmas Avraham 1:pages 275-276) and both days of Rosh Hashanah (Nishmas Avraham 1:600:1, see Shemiras Shabbos K’hilchoso 31:28, [[Yom Tov]] Shenei K’hilchoso 1:22:footnote 76, Shevet Ha’kehusi 1:156 ) </ref> ==
# There are different categories of people who may not feel well on Shabbos. We will only deal with the category of people who do not feel well on Shabbos, but are not in danger (sakana). One who may have a headache or a runny nose (slight discomfort) is not permitted to take medication.<ref>Shulchan Aruch O.C. 328:1, see Nishmas Avraham 1:328:page 163. </ref>
# There are different categories of people who may not feel well on Shabbos. We will only deal with the category of people who do not feel well on Shabbos, but are not in danger (sakana). One who may have a headache or a runny nose (slight discomfort) is not permitted to take medication.<ref>Shulchan Aruch O.C. 328:1, see Nishmas Avraham 1:328:page 163. </ref>
# Chazal made a gezeirah that one is not allowed to take medications on Shabbos because one may come to grind it which is forbidden because of tochain.<ref>Refer to Mesechtas Shabbos 52b, Tur O.C. 328, Shulchan Aruch 328:1. In regard to taking mouthwash on Shabbos see Be’er Moshe 1:page 78, Rivevos Ephraim 2:page 192:23, 3:536:6, 4:97:5, 6:195,  Nishmas Shabbos 5:318, Cheshev Ha’efod 2:59. Refer to Shevet Ha’kehusi 2:151 if one recited a beracha on medicine on Shabbos and then realized he is not allowed to take it. In regard to the idea that today may be different because we do not crush medicine in our homes but only in a pharmacy etc see Ketzos Ha’shulchan 134:badi 7:2, Tzitz Eliezer 8:15:15:1,4. </ref>
# Chazal made a gezeirah that one is not allowed to take medications on Shabbos because one may come to grind it which is forbidden because of tochain.<ref>Refer to Mesechtas Shabbos 52b, Tur O.C. 328, Shulchan Aruch 328:1. In regard to taking mouthwash on Shabbos see Be’er Moshe 1:page 78, Rivevos Ephraim 2:page 192:23, 3:536:6, 4:97:5, 6:195,  Nishmas Shabbos 5:318, Cheshev Ha’efod 2:59. Refer to Shevet Ha’kehusi 2:151 if one recited a beracha on medicine on Shabbos and then realized he is not allowed to take it. In regard to the idea that today may be different because we do not crush medicine in our homes but only in a pharmacy etc see Ketzos Ha’shulchan 134:badi 7:2, Tzitz Eliezer 8:15:15:1,4. </ref>