qwerty: I spoke to Rav David Feinstein’s son-in-law. He’s my biggest Mashpia in Torah and I told him that posters are arguing if Yaakov Avinu is still alive. You can imagine what he said.
Well, if he is inline with his illustrious father-in-law and grandfather-in-law, I imagine he said that Rashi says he is alive.
Being a Torah Jew doesn’t require one to replace rationality with voodoo logic. To that point my other Mashpia Rabbi Moshe Plutchok says that we follow Rambam who rejects any violation of natural law even Bilaam ‘s talking donkey.
Who are the “we” you are talking about? I, and I’m confident, most others on this thread, believes that Bilaam’s donkey did indeed talk.
The Gemara says ,”Lama Li Kra, Sevara He?” Judaism is a rational religion.
And that is why we (chas Veshalom) reject miracles, or Mattan Torah for that matter, not to mention a mabbul of hot water, and the ten makkos…
If Rashi says that Yaakov will live forever, then he means it, and most, if not all, of us do NOT reject it. Nor do we reject the totally irrational gemoro that says that Yaakov opened his eyes and smiled after he died.