I was near a Rav this year. He actually came in a couple of minutes late to davening. He hasn’t been well, and sometimes has been davening at home because of it. When I saw him walk in, I immediately offered to get him a regular chair, because I know he can’t sit on the floor due to his health. He accepted. I tried to take it to the front of the room (we davened in the kiddush room to give more space for people on the floor), but he said no, and wanted to sit near the back.
After he finished shemonah esrei, he asked someone else who was sitting on a milk crate if there was an extra one. The man gave him one, and he sat on it, but with it standing up on it’s side, not face down. This left it as high as a regular chair. The man offered the Rav something to put on top of it, to make it more comfortable. The Rav declined, and said, “I can’t sit on the floor, let me at least feel some discomfort from the crate!”
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