Reply To: Can the severity of a sin be learned from the severity of the punishment?

Hitler is a great question.
In דיני שמים unquestionably he is rotting permanently.
But if you are correct that he never actually physically killed anyone, could ב”ד kill him?
(they could lock him up and starve him to death or feed him dry oats and then water causing his stomach to bust and kill him.
But from a strictly single issue point, would ב”ד be able to punish him for the acts of killing which his orders caused?
I don’t think so.
Does that make him a good person? Heaven forbid!
But IF that’s the din then that’s the din.
Why would that be a problem?
It doesn’t really change anything.
The question would become what’s worse
Killing someone, or telling someone else to kill someone.
Or in his case,
What’s worse killing 6000000 people? Or ordering someone else to murder 6000000 people.
I think it’s worse to actually kill the people.
You think it’s worse to order someone else to do it???
You phrased the question in an unfair way
What’s worse killing one person, or telling someone else to kill 6000000 people.
Because now your mixing multiple issues,
causing the word “worse “, to take on multiple meanings that are at odds with each other.
There is worse as in who is a bigger lowlife.
And worse as in who actually personally did a bigger sin
They don’t have to be the same