When Bar Kappara learned that Rabbi Yehudah died he said, "The Angels on High and mortals on earth struggled for domination of the Holy Ark.
The Angels were victorious and the Ark was taken on High.
This midrash is about the state of the world in which we live. The world is only upheld by the sacred acts of the enlightened. When they are no more, holiness is swept to heaven.
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