Sarah & the women – Chayyei Sarah
Abraham & Sarah, by James Tissot c. 1896
Sarah heads the list. Her name literally means “princess”, so that she shares equal status with Abraham, whom the Bible calls a prince.
The sages call her a prophet and say that her gift of prophecy was greater than Abraham, able to see right into the spirit of a person or situation.
When Abraham sought a wife for Isaac, he looked for a woman with Sarah’s qualities.
She was beautiful all her life, in character as well as appearance; she was sinless, determined to live in harmony with God, her husband and the world.
