Sarah's Laughter and the Healing of the Whole World

(Genesis 21:6) "And Sarah said: God has made laughter for me; everyone who hears will laugh for me." Rabbi Berekhiah son of Rabbi Yehudah son of Rabbi Simon, in the name of Rabbi Shmuel son of Rabbi Yitzchak: Reuben rejoices, what does it matter to Simeon? If Sarah was remembered, what does it matter to other women? Rather, at the hour that Sarah our mother was remembered, many barren women were remembered along with her, many sick people were healed along with her, many deaf people had their ears opened along with her, many blind people had their eyes opened, and many deranged people were restored to their senses. "Making" is stated here, and "making" is stated elsewhere (Esther 2:18), "And he granted a release to the provinces, and gave gifts." Just as the "making" stated elsewhere means he gave release to the world, so too the "making" stated here means He gave release to the world. Rabbi Levi said: He added to the luminaries. "Making" is stated here, and "making" is stated elsewhere (Genesis 1:16), "And God made the two great luminaries." (Genesis 21:7) "And she said: Who would have spoken [milel] to Abraham?" It is not written here "who would have said [diber]," but rather "who would have spoken [milel]." They hinted that he fathered a child at one hundred years. Rabbi Pinchas in the name of Rabbi Chilkiah: Their father's stalks were dried out [yeveishot], and they became ripened ears of grain [melilot].