In the annals of unlikely pairings Were Bennett Hogg and Joshua Hamm, The former, a tailor's son with religious ennui, But also terrifying visions Of needles and bobbins, Who eventually found spiritual solace And then priestly ordination, as a rabbi. And the latter, who went from lead singer For Millennium Trayf, a rock band, Who also dragged himself To the spiritual mountaintop, Earning his cantorial chops with a masters In traditional renditions of familiar Ashkenazic melodies. Both, strangers to one another, Were thrown together in a lottery Known as First Pulpit, Making sure that all synagogues, No matter how remote, Were clerically rostered...in this case The Stu Valley Hebrew Center, Ministering to the needs of a small Midwestern kosher meat packing town.