October 21, 200719 yr Once, on a very windy day, a rabbi was on his way to the synagogue. 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 and farther away to the point where he could not catch up with it. A young man, who was not Jewish, witnessing this event and being more fit than the rabbi, ran after the hat, caught it and handed it over to the rabbi. The rabbi was so happy and extremely grateful he gave the man five dollars and put his hand on the man's head and blessed him. The young man was very excited from the tip and from the blessing and decided to go to the racetrack and spend his five unexpected dollars. After the races the young man returns home and recounted his very exciting day at the races to his father. "I arrived at the fifth race," said the young man, "looked at the racing program and 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 and the five dollars and thinking of the rabbi's hat and the horse's name being Top Hat, I thought this was a message from God, so I bet the entire five dollars on this horse. An amazing thing happened, the horse that was the longest shot in the field and who did not have the slightest chance to even show came in 1st by 25 lengths. "You must have made a fortune," said the father. "I sure did, but wait, it gets better replied the son. On 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 and again thinking of the rabbi's blessing and his hat, I decided to bet all my winnings on this horse." "What happened?" asked the excited father. "The horse Stetson won and 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 and the name also means hat in French and it all started with the rabbi's hat. The horse broke down and came in last." "You are really stupid and 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 'Yamaka'."
October 25, 200719 yr Hope hes kidding. Not everybody knows though. Long but good joke Usually 'I don't get it' is a plea for an explanation.
October 25, 200719 yr yamaka is what jews wear on our heads. Its really called kipa, dont know if its written yamaka, but yamaka is a japaneese name and a yamaka is a hat
October 26, 200719 yr Author Yarmulke That's the generally accepted spelling but remember, it's transliterated from an another alphabet altogether.
October 26, 200719 yr Author The correct word is kipa though Yes, it is. But the same rule applies. It's only spelled kipa (or I have seen it as kippah) because you're going from the Hebrew alphabet to the Latin alphabet we use today.
October 26, 200719 yr In my country in South America, we called in Kipa, we didnt have a name for it in Spanish or another language
October 27, 200719 yr In my country in South America, we called in Kipa, we didnt have a name for it in Spanish or another language Shush you. You ruined the joke.
October 28, 200719 yr Wait.....wait......whoa whoa wait!!!! So a Yamaka is a type of engine for a boat, right??? :confused
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