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To contribute to Mike and Orphen's discussion -- traditionally, the laws considered to be 'abolished' are the purity laws -- those laws dealing with ritual cleansing, clean and unclean foods, and the like. Also sacrifices.
Mantus -- I suspect you're wrong in the case of money, but I don't have an argument. I have to disagree, though, when you say that "such things" are always pursued for the sake of social standing. Certainly there are many other reasons people pursue money and power?
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"Die Deutschen meinen, daß die Kraft sich in Härte und Grausamkeit offenbaren müsse, sie unterwerfen sich dann gerne und mit Bewunderung:[...]. Daß es Kraft giebt in der Milde und Stille, das glauben sie nicht leicht."
"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
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