23) “And the life of Sarah was one hundred years and twenty years and seven years.” This life is entirely above, in Bina. One hundred years is Keter, above. Twenty years are HB, above, and seven years are ZAT, above. These are GAR and ZAT of Bina, from which Sarah received life, Mochin. Why is it written in all of them “year,” and in the seven it writes “years,” as it is written [in the Hebrew text], “one hundred year,” and “twenty year,” and then “seven years”?
24) The hundred years there include everything, meaning Keter, which contains the ten Sefirot, each of which consists of ten, and they are one hundred. This is so because the place of the Upper One—the more hidden of all that is hidden—is included there. This is AA, who imparts one hundred blessings upon the Malchut each day from the one hundred Sefirot in him.
AA is the Keter of Atzilut. And also, twenty years, which are HB, AA—which is the most hidden—is included in them. This is the reason why it writes “year” about them, in singular form, which is the unification. This is so because thought and Yovel [fifty years period], which are HB, never part from one another, since GAR are connected to each other as one.
25) But seven years, which are ZAT of Bina, are separate from one another. They exit the hidden one above, which is AA, since they stand below Parsa of AA, at his Chazeh. And the Parsa separates between them and AA. And even though all is one, equal unity, the ZAT are discerned with judgment and mercy into several sides and ways. But above, in GAR of Bina, AA clothes in them above the Chazeh, and there is no judgment there at all. This is why it is written, “Seven years,” about them and not “year” as with the GAR. And every ten Sefirot of GAR and ZAT are called “life,” which is why it is written, “And the life of Sarah was,” since they actually were, created and stood above, in ten Sefirot of Bina.
26) Why does it write of Sarah’s death more than of other women’s? It is because when Isaac was tied, he was thirty-seven years old. And since he was tied, Sarah died, as it is written, “And Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.” He came from Mount Moriah, from tying Isaac. And those thirty-seven years from the day Isaac was born until the time he was tied were certainly the life of Sarah, as is the number of “was” in Gematria [in Hebrew], which is thirty-seven years, from the day Isaac was born until he was tied. And the death of Sarah is written in the Torah to tell us that.