Some here have described the stifling nature of Frumkeit. I have noticed that even within Frumkeit, there is this strange expression of a secular desire. I almost find it funny. People get a little bit of money and they start tiling everything in the house. No big screen TV, no. CH’V. But ostentatious spending of money to prove… what? And the enjoyment is… what? Oh, man, I’m really happening. I have four sinks and 10 bathrooms, and look at all this… tile! The fetish of collecting electronics is also bizarre. As is the absorption in texting on a smart phone. What is all this incessant urgent communication about? Gemara? And the whole smoking and drinking and single malt liquor craze… And then some people are astonished when one jumps from the puddle into the pool.
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