Money talks, but what is it saying? I
mean, no one thinks we were created just to shop and have fun, right?” I asked a group I was addressing rhetorically or so I thought.
“Of course we were!” a girl called out. “Hashem created us for pleasure.”
“Buying clothing relaxes me and that’s kedushah,” another girl added.
“Bishvili nivra ha’olam,” said a third, impressively misapplying the famous quote.
Similar ideas chorused from all around the room. These girls had been fed a steady diet on how to elevate the physical world, but were digesting it a little funny.