You are a queen a sovereign of your actions. You’re not ruled by time not even by your own inclinations.
“The life of Sarah was 100 years and 20 years and 7 years the years of the life of Sarah.” (Bereishis 23:1)
“When she was 100 years old she was like a 20-year-old in sin and when she was 20 years old she was like a seven-year-old in beauty. [The years] were all equally good.” (Rashi)
“Rabbi Akiva was sitting and teaching and his students were dozing off. He wanted to wake them up so he said ‘Why did Esther become the queen of 127 states? Let Esther who was the descendant of Sarah who lived 100 and 20 and 7 years come and rule over 100 and 20 and 7 states.’ ”
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