@ Arso
You wrote:
“the Ramban starts by explaining Rashi, which he understands literally as we men do. Then he offers an alternative pshat.”
Then you also wrote
“As I, a physically-bound human, cannot understand what it means to be alive and buried, I don’t want to choose as to what is the exact explanation.”
I just can’t figure out how to make your 2 posts that I quoted above shtim.
PS Please look up the mfarshei Rashi that i cited (Divrei Dovid, Maskil L’Dovid, and Maharal) and see how they understand Rashi. You seem to be taking a very firm position that:
The Maharsha, by the way, does exactly the same. He explains Rashi literally, then disagrees respectfully. Only you and your the rabbis and talmudei (sic) chachamim that you allegedly ask hold differently. And I declare without reservation, if they say that Rashi does not mean it literally, not only are they not talmidei chachamim but they are not even talmudei chachamim.