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September 14, 2019 9:33 pm at 9:33 pm #1786538
Reb Eliezer
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We find:

תלמוד בבלי מסכת יבמות דף קיט עמוד א
אמר רב נחמן אמר רבה בר אבוה: רישא דאיסור כרת – חששו, סיפא דאיסור לאו – לא חששו. אמר רבא: מכדי הא דאורייתא והא דאורייתא, מה לי איסור כרת
מה לי איסור לאו!

Does Rovo hold that punishment does not matter or people transgress the lesser easier so the chazal where more choshesh on it? The fact that he indicates that they are both min haTorah seems to tells us that punishment should not matter.