Once, on a very windy day, a rabbi was on his way to temple. Suddenly a strong gust of wind blew away his fur hat off his head. The rabbi ran after his hat but the wind was so strong it kept blowing his hat farther & farther away to the point where he could not catch up to it.
A young man, not Jewish, witnessing this event & being more fit than the rabbi, ran after the hat, caught it, & handed it over to the rabbi. The rabbi was so happy & extremely grateful that he gave the man $5 & put his hand on the man's head & blessed him. The young man was very excited from the tip & from the blessing so he decided to go to the race track & spend his 5 unexpected dollars. After the races the young man returned home & recounted his very exciting day at the races to his father.
"I arrived at the fifth race" said the man, "looked at the racing program & saw a horse by the name of 'Top Hat' running. The odds on the horse were 100 to 1, the longest shot in the field. Having received the rabbi's blessing & the $5 & thinking of the of the rabbi's hat & the horses name being 'Top Hat', I thought this was a message from God, so I bet the entire $5 on this horse. An amazing thing happened, the horse that was the longest shot in the field & who didn't have the slightest chance to even show, came in first by 25 lengths!"
"You must have made a fortune" said the father. "I sure did. But wait, it gets better," replied the son. "In the following race, I looked at the program & a horse by the name of 'Stetson' was running. The odds on the horse were 30 to 1. Stetson being some kind of hat & again thinking of the rabbi's blessing & his hat I decided to bet all my winnings on this horse."
"What happened?" asked the excited father.
"The horse Stetson won & I collected big money."
"You mean you brought home all this money?" asked the excited father.
"No", said the son, "I lost it all on the following race. There was a horse in this race named 'Chateau' so I bet all the money on it because the horse was the heavy favorite & that name also means hat in French & it all started with the rabbi's hat. The horse broke down & came in last."
"YOU ARE REALLY STUPID & IGNORANT," said the father. "Hat in French is 'Chapeau' not 'Chateau'. You lost all this money because of your ignorance. Tell me who won the race anyway?"
"A long shot Japanese horse named "Yamalka."

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