Ve Isha Achat Vayera 5746

The Alef Kabbala group (23 October 07) explored part of a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said on Shabbat Parshat Vayera 5746 (1985) on a theme based on the Haftorah. This tells of a widow who cries out to the prophet Elisha, saying her husband (ishi) has died and the creditor wants to take her two sons as slaves. This is explained as the soul crying to G-d that its 'fire' (esh) of love for G-d has died down, and the Animal Soul (the creditor) wants to take her two sons, her love and fear, as slaves to materiality. What can she do? Two answers are given, both relevant for our time.