“... Whereas the name of the father of Milcah, Nahor’s wife, is mentioned—he was Haran, Terah’s third son, who had died before his father in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees—there is no mention of Sarai’s family. Considering the importance of being ‘ija de famiya’—the daughter of a respectable family—while arranging a matrimonial match, a task performed in the Sephardi Mediterranean milieu by the fathers or older brothers of the young couple—Rabbi Ya’akov Khulí would not leave matters at that. He quoted Rashi’s comment that Iscah, the daughter of Haran, Abraham’s uncle, mentioned in Genesis 11:30, ‘is Sarai,’ thus providing the first biblical Matriarch with biographical data. Moreover, Rashi, citing the Babylonian Talmud, elaborated on the name “Iscah,” connecting it both with being gifted with ruach nevu’ah—the ability to prophesy—and with princely manners: Iscah is Sarah, because she was imbued in ruach nevu’ah and because everyone was impressed with her beauty—as was the case with Pharaoh’s ministers. Furthermore, the name “Iscah” implies princely manners—nesikhut; just as “the name ‘sarah’ that implies—serarah authority.” ...”