Q&A: Does the Severity of the Punishment Not Determine the Severity of the Transgression?
Does the Severity of the Punishment Not Determine the Severity of the Transgression?
Question
I once heard someone point to some murderer and say: he is less bad than Sabbath desecrators, because his punishment is stoning, whereas theirs is karet. So I think the severity of the punishment does not determine the severity of the transgression. What do you think? If we set murder aside, since it is one of the three cardinal sins, and compare, say, eating leavened food on Passover or any other prohibition punishable by karet with Sabbath or anything else punishable by stoning.
Answer
I wrote an article about the relationship between the severity of the punishment and the severity of the transgression. See there.
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