In 1921, Shertok's (later "Sharett") two sisters, Ada and Rivka, married his two closest friends – Dov Hoz and Eliyahu Golomb, his friends from the days of the gymnasium and the Histadrut metzumtzemet and one of the founders of the Haganah. Sharett waited another year before asking for the hand of Zippora, who had been his girlfriend since his youth.