Yahrzeit/Hillula of Sarah Imeinu

Sarah Imeinu Only 4 women are called Matriarchs: Sarah, Rivkah, Rachel, and Leah. (Brachot 16b) At first Sarah was a princess to her own people, then she became a princess to the whole world. (Brachot 13a) Avraham and Sarah were converts (gerim). (Bamidbar Rabbah 8:9). All the converts and G-d-fearing people in the world descend from those who nursed on the milk of Sarah Imeinu. (Pesikta Rabbati 42:23) The letter "yud," which Ha-Shem commanded to be removed from the name Sarai, stood and wept for many years, until Yehoshua bin Nun came and G-d added it to his name. (Sanhedrin 107a) The letter "yud," whose numerical value is 10, was split in half – one half was given to Sarah, and the other half was given to Avram, so that he would be called Avraham. (Yerushalmi, Sanhedrin 2:6) All of Sarah's years passed in joy and gladness. (Lekach Tov, Bereishit 23:1). The 37 years from the birth of Yitzchak until he was bound upon the altar were the "years of the life of Sarah." (Bereishit 23:1, Zohar 1:123a) Avimelech cursed Sarah, and the curse was fulfilled through her descendants, as it is written: "Behold, it is for you a covering of the eyes." (Genesis 20:16) He said to her: "Since you concealed that Avraham is your husband and caused me so much grief, may you have sons whose eyes will be closed" – and so it happened with her son, as it is written: "Yitzchak grew old and his eyesight dimmed." (Bava Kamma 93a) Avimelech gave her royal garments and made her a noblewoman, so that no man would approach her. Everyone heard that she was a Queen and feared her. (Tanchuma, Vayera 27) Avraham said: "Behold now, I know that you are a woman beautiful to behold." (Bereishit 12:11) From this we learn that until then he had not been aware of his wife's beauty, as is normal for other husbands. (Etz Yosef, Tanchuma Lech Lecha 5) Seven prophetesses are known from the Torah: Sarah, Miriam, Devorah, Chanah, Avigail, Chuldah, and Esther. (Megillah 14a) Sarah's second name was Yiscah. Why was she called Yiscah? From the word meaning "to gaze" – she was able to see things through Ruach HaKodesh. (Megillah 14a) The Almighty spoke directly to no woman in the Torah except Sarah. (Yerushalmi, Sotah 7:1) The Almighty spoke to all the righteous women through an angel, but He spoke to Sarah directly. (Lekach Tov, Bereishit 23:1) At the age of 100, she was like a twenty-year-old, meaning without sins deserving heavenly punishment, because from the age of 20 a person becomes subject to heavenly punishment. (Bereishit Rabbah 58:1) The hymn "Eshet Chayil" was said by King Shlomo about Sarah Imeinu from "aleph" to "tav." (Shocher Tov 112:1) The Matriarch Sarah was extremely modest. (Metzia 87a) The Patriarch Avraham brought people under the wings of the Divine Presence, converting them to the belief in the One G-d. Sarah did the same. He converted the men, she converted the women. (Avot D'Rabbi Natan 12:8) He converted the men, she the women. (Zohar 1:102b)   Chayei Sarah "And the life of Sarah was a hundred years and twenty years and seven years; these were the years of the life of Sarah." (Chayei Sarah) Rabbeinu Moshe Alsheich, one of the leading Mekubalim of Tzfat, asks why the length of Sarah Imeinu's life is mentioned twice. The Gemara says that Avraham Avinu married Sarah Imeinu when she was very young. When she gave birth to Yitzchak Avinu, she was 90, and Avraham Avinu was 100. He was 10 years older than her. When they both fully recognized the Creator, Avraham Avinu was 48 years old and Sarah Imeinu was 38. In Heaven, only the righteous years of a person's life are called "alive." The years a person lived without Torah are called in Shamayim "not alive." Example: a person does Teshuvah at age 52 and passes away at 66. In Shamayim, his years amount to 14 "living" years. Based on his Teshuvah, he is judged for the 52 "non-living" years. "And the life of Sarah was" ויהיו - has the gematria of 37. Sarah Imeinu's 127 years were counted in Shamayim as a full 127 "living" years. The 37 "non-living" years before she did Teshuvah were joined together with the 90 "living" years. The reason the length of Sarah Imeinu's life is mentioned twice is that there are two kinds of "living." The first "living" is quantity, and the second is quality. As it is said: "כי בי ירבו ימיך For through Me your days will be increased" – this is quality, and "ויוסיפו לך שנות חיים and the years of your life will be lengthened" – this is quantity. This is why Sarah Imeinu's age is mentioned twice, and it says שני, חיי שרה (secondly, the years of the life of Sarah). Her Teshuvah was complete, and therefore she merited having both kinds of "living" - quantity and quality. And through Teshuvah she perfected her "living" years and merited having her 37 "non-living" years counted as "living." (https://dailyzohar.com/tzadikim/229-Sarah-Imeinu-Sarah-the-Matriarch; Sefer "Derushim on the Torah" Bereshit, Ben Ish Chai)