Dear Rabbi Lamm: It is with great pride that I congratulate you on receiving the Ohev Hashem Award of the OU. It is a particularly appropriate name because of your dedication and devotion to the much-needed leadership in Torah and Mada. We are very fortunate to have you as our leader. We are also proud of the many years that you have devoted to the promotion of the glorious Sephardi heritage while maintaining the union of our Jewish people. Your speech at the OU annual dinner reflected our concern for the unity of the Jewish people without any flinching on maintaining our full-fledged allegiance to our Torah. I truly hope that these modest words will be added to your heart with the many expressions of support that have come to you from everywhere. With best wishes for a Happy Mo’adim Lesimha for Pessah, I am truly yours, Rabbi Albert E. Gabbai. AEG:ip.