In his famous work, Mesillas Yesharim, Rav Moshe Chaim Luzzato ascertains that in addition to stealing being prohibited, anything that can potentially lead to stealing is also prohibited. The concept of a geder is nothing new. In Judaism, we are fully protected by Chazal to never commit a d’oraita through all of the layers of issurei deraban that are legislated. But this safeguard seems to be different. It is extremely open-ended — and even seems a bit subjective — whereas all the other Rabbinic decrees are more rigid; open to debate in how to keep them practically, but still laid out clearly...