Commentary for Bava Metzia 173:9

(בראשית יח, יב) אחרי בלותי היתה לי עדנה אמר רב חסדא אחר שנתבלה הבשר ורבו הקמטין נתעדן הבשר ונתפשטו הקמטין וחזר היופי למקומו

and that day our mother Sarah had her menstrual period.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And so defiled the bread she had baked. As she was already old, the phenomenon was an earnest of the rejuvenation which was to make the birth of Isaac possible. ');">¹⁶</span> <i>And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, She is in the tent</i>:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. 9. ');">¹⁷</span>

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