Joke About Charity that My Rabbi Told

A man dies, and finds himself at the gates of heaven. "Phew!" he thinks, "I'm in!"

"Wait a minute" says an angel "WHY should we let you into heaven?"

"Well, I kept kosher my whole life, I said morning prayers and evening prayers, I never worked on the sabbath ..."

God interrupts "Down there on Earth, you got to be quite a wealthy man, didn't you?"

"well, ummm., errr.... yes, well, I did OK".

"Tell me" says God "did you ever give money to charity?"

He's stumped! Think think think! Finally!

"YES! Once I gave ten cents to a blind beggar on the street"

God reaches into a pocket, pulls out a coin, gives it to the angel and says

"Give this fellow his dime back, and tell him to go to hell".