Charlie watched the horse race very carefully and sure enough, the blessed horse came in first!

Charlie followed the Rabbi before the next race and again, he went to the stables and performed a similar procedure.

Charlie played hunch and put a couple of dollars on the blessed horse. Sure enough, the blessed horse came in by two lengths and Charlie won close to fifty bucks!

The Rabbi continued the same procedure through the next few races and Charlie won each time. He was now ahead $1,000, so between races, Charlie left the track and went to the bank and withdraw his life's savings $20,000.

The biggest race of the day was the last one. Charlie followed the Rabbi and watched carefully which horse he blessed.

He then went to the betting window and put his whole $21,000 bundle of cash on that horse to win.

Then Charlie went out to watch the horses race. Down the stretch they came and, as they crossed the finish line, the horse that Charlie bet on, was dead last!

Charlie was crushed.

He located the Rabbi and told him that he had been watching him bless the horses all day and they all became winners, except for the last horse on which he had bet his life's savings.

Charlie then asked, "What happened to the last horse whom you blessed? Why didn't it win like the others?"

"That's the trouble with you Reformed Jews," sighed the Rabbi. "You can never tell the difference between a blessing and Kaddish."