Rav Nachman said to Rav Yitzchak: 'Rebi Yochanan said that our father Yaakov did not die.' Rav Yitzchak asked him, 'Was it for no reason that the eulogizers eulogized, the embalmers embalmed and the buriers buried?' Rav Nachman answered him, 'I am only citing a verse, as it says, 'And you, my servant Yaakov, fear not, says G-d, and do not tremble, O Israel. For behold, I shall save you from afar, and your descendants from the land of their captivity' (Yirmiyahu 30:10). The verse equates Yaakov with his descendants: just as his descendants are alive, he, too, is alive.' (Taanit 5b).
As Rashi points out, it never mentions that Yaakov Avinu actually died, and given the supernatural basis of his entire existence, it is not hard to imagine that, like his fathers before him, Yaakov simply ascended to a higher spiritual plane, one beyond the visions of the average human being. "
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"... whenever it comes to anything that threatens the existence of the Klipot, it has to be done in a way that gives them the impression that nothing of spiritual value is occurring. This explains a great deal about why so many events have taken place in history for the sake of redemption, but often in a way that seems contrary to the way of Torah. However, it must be added, this is only something G-d can arrange, with few exceptions, especially since only G-d can make something look against the values of Torah, only to reveal in the end that all was not as it seemed on the surface."
Source: THIRTY-SIX: Rabbi Winston, The Leshem on the Parsha
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