she had the greatest husband.

 

If Moshe Rabbeinu was the greatest man that ever lived, as Rabbi Miller stated, who was the greatest woman who ever lived and why? Who was the greatest woman who ever lived? That's a big question. I think it was Sarah. And I think I could substantiate that by saying she had the greatest husband. Now, Tziporah, although her husband was even greater than Avraham, but Tziporah is a different story. We don't have any evidence that Tziporah, although she certainly was a tzadekes, that she participated in Moshe Rabbeinu's career. The truth is she didn't. Moshe Rabbeinu separated from her for many years until the end of his life. But Sarah, she was Avraham's partner. That we know. They lived together and their idealism was shared until the end. Avraham megayer es ha'anashim, Sarah megayeres es ha'nashim. And therefore it seems to me that it's simple to say that, that Sarah was the greatest woman who ever lived. Now, I have to leave out one. Maybe Chava was greater. Our first mother could have been greater. But I'll leave that open.

Tape 144​ (November 1976)