I would appreciate it if you could help me with the answers to the below questions in relation to Sarah. Thanking you in advance Regards Brad
(b) How do we prove that Sarah was a prophetess from her other name, Yiskah?
(c) What else could 'Yiskah' mean?
(d) Where does the Torah explicitly indicate that she was indeed a prophetess?
Thanking you in advance
Regards
Brad
At the end of Parshas No'ach, Rashi comments on the name "Yiskah," which is a derivative of "Sachah" (to look, see, or gaze). He therefore writes: "This is Sarah, [who is called Yiskah] because she saw with Ru'ach ha'Kodesh (a spirit of prophecy) and because everybody looked (gazed) at her beauty." Her power of prophecy manifested itself later (21:12) when, after Yishmael started up with Yitzchak, she asked Avraham to expel Hagar and Yishmael from the home. In spite of Avraham's reservations, Hash-m ordered Avraham to listen to the voice of his wife Sarah, which Rashi interprets as "her voice of Ru'ach ha'Kodesh." Rashi adds that we learn from there that not only was Sarah a prophetess, but that she was superior to Avraham in prophecy.
b'Virchas Kol Tuv,
Eliezer Chrysler