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signals such as words, body language,
breathing patterns, dilation or contrac-
tion of the pupils of the eye, to deter-
mine whether their guesses are in the
right direction, then emphasizing and
reinforcing chance connections and
quickly moving on from missed guesses.
Hot reading is another technique
used by charlatans. Unlike a cold read-
ing, hot reading involves surreptitiously what he was seeing, he asked if it was
gaining information from clients in
advance. The spiritualist may have an
accomplice in the waiting room talk to
people, listen in on their conversations,
or collect written information from
them that is later used in the consulta-
tion. Technology, like intercom systems
and wireless earpieces, is also used.
Once, while substituting in an
English class, Rabbi Teitelbaum told
the students he had been studying
chochmas hayad, how to read palms,
from one of the pseudo-kabbalists who
had just come into town, and that he
wanted to see if it worked.
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the classroom.
He proceeded to make what seemed
to be a random choice and asked a boy
to step up to the front of the class. He
took the boy’s hand and pretended to
study it carefully, making all sorts of
facial expressions as he examined it.
Then, in a very halting voice to give the he wrote, “These [so-called] kabbalistic
impression that he wasn’t really sure of
possible that the boy’s father was a
lawyer.
“Yes,” was the immediate answer.
Acting surprised at his accurate
results, Rabbi Teitelbaum continued
with his act. “You seem to have a good
head for math, but are quite poor in
spelling — is that correct?” he asked.
The boy nodded his head vigorously
as the class listened in astonished
silence. Rabbi Teitelbaum continued
reading the palms of other students in
the class using the facts he knew and
including some random guesses that
applied to most children, such as “Your
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convinced that he was a very good
palm reader, Rabbi Teitelbaum showed
the boys how they’d all been scammed
by his simple tricks.
Rabbi Teitelbaum felt it was impor-
tant to acquaint the general public with
the methods used by these con men, as
palm readers and fortune tellers flour-
ish like weeds on a rainy summer day
and take advantage of those who are
troubled and have great pain and have
no one to turn to. They also take
advantage of the ignorant who don’t
have the faintest idea of how these
tricks work.”
He recounted how, many years ago,
he carefully watched how a supposed
“mezuza-reader” made many direct hits
using the methods above. At first he
was fooled, as many others were, and
thought that the mezuza-reader pos-
sessed some mysterious powers and
was able to see what no one else could.
Rabbi Teitelbaum wrote, “Only after
answers did I realize that it was all a
hoax and they were practicing the
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