“Sarah said: God has made laughter for me; everyone who hears will laugh for me” (Genesis 21:6). “Sarah said: God has made laughter for me” – Rabbi Berekhya ben Rabbi Yehuda ben Rabbi Simon in the name of Rabbi Shmuel ben Rabbi Yitzḥak: When Reuben is rejoicing, why should Simeon care? So, Sarah was remembered, why should others care? The explanation is that when Sarah was remembered [by conceiving], many [other] barren women were remembered [they conceived] with her, many deaf people gained their hearing, many blind people had their eyes opened, many imbeciles gained intelligence. ‘Making’ is written here24“God has made laughter for me.” and ‘making’ is written elsewhere: “He made abatement for the provinces” (Esther 2:18).
Just as with the ‘making’ stated there, gifts were given to the world, so, too, the ‘making’ stated here was a gift to the world. Rabbi Levi said: An addition was made to the [heavenly] lights.25The sun shone especially brightly on that day, as a sign of the birth of the great saint. ‘Making’ is stated here: “Has made…for me,” and elsewhere it is stated: “The Lord made the two lights” (Genesis 1:16).