This evening, the wedding of Berla Yaakovovich, the number one volunteer of the ZAKA organization, with Margalit Shmilovitz, both residents of Bnei Brak, will take place at the Heichal Shlomo halls in Petah Tikva. In preparation for the wedding, he visited the Grand Rabbi Shteinman today and received his blessing.
Last night, friends of Barla, 27, spread a unique campaign from ZAKA: They hung ads on billboards with a design identical to mourning ads - under the title: "Making Barla happy.".
The ads read: "Every night we are used to seeing him as a volunteer in difficult and unfortunate events. This night (Wednesday) we are all recruited for the most sacred mission to make Berla Yaakovevich happy, in the joy of his marriage at a good and successful time. No one should be absent!!!""
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Erla Yakubovich, who has been a volunteer at ZAKA for 9 years, is present at every event and is available for acts of charity and kindness at any time.
In an interview he gave to Haredim10, he said: "More than once I find myself, especially in difficult and rare events, humming emotional songs in a whisper. It may distract me from the terrible sights, but it mostly gives me the strength to continue.".
""After really difficult events, I go out with a number of friends, also volunteers, to the graves of the righteous. There we pray and sit with a guitar, play, sing and talk about what hurts us. Each one unloads their own baggage.
""When I drive on the country's roads, I pass countless times by places where accidents or terrorist attacks have occurred. It immediately brings back to me the difficult sights I saw back then.
""When I was little, I always said that when I grow up I want to be like Carlebach. To love every Jew and bring everyone together. I hope to always be on the path to helping more and more Jews, and most importantly, to sanctify the name of God!""
