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philosopher: Arso, lostspark, the Ohr Hachayim is not saying that Yaacov’s guf is alive forever. The Torah says that at the time he expired he was not a mes and the posuk 50:1 is what the Ohr Hachayimis commenting on; it is only later in the parshah where the Torah says that Yaacov mes.
1. You’re missing the point. The gemoro says that Yaakov Avinu was alive even after he was embalmed and buried. The Or Hachayim is just explaining what is meant by lo meis, and by extension, since he is taking the gemoro literally, the implication is that he holds that he was alive even after burial.
2. And once again, for the innumerable time, you are ignoring the Ramban who explains Rashi and the possuk which seems to say that Yaakov meis.