And the life of Sarah was 100 years and 20 years and seven years... (23:1)
She Always Felt Good:
Rashi states that the reason the word “years” was written after every digit is to tell us that every digit is to be expounded upon individually. When she was one 100 years old, she was like a 20-year-old regarding sin. Just as a 20-year-old has not sinned, because she is not liable to punishment, so too when she was 100 years old, she was without sin. And when she was 20, she was like a seven-year-old in regards to beauty. Rashi then says: “The years of the life of Sarah: All of them were equally good.”
The Yesod Ha’avodah of Slonim zy”a (quoted in Sefer Kisvei Ramam) explains Rashi’s words by saying: “It was always good for her.” Since she completely believed and trusted that everything Hashem does is for her benefit, she always felt good with whatever He caused to happen to her.
Reprinted from the Pashas Chaya Sara email of The Way of Emunah.
