Midrash su Salmi 79:1

When R. Dimi came, he said: "It once happened that the same man, [Damah b. Nathima] was dressed in gold-embroidered silk garments, sitting among the noblemen of Rome, when his mother came. She tore down his robe, slapped him on his head and spit in his face. Nevertheless he did not put her to shame; and furthermore, when her slippers fell off he gave them to her, to save her the trouble of getting it." The son of Abimi, the son of R. Abahu, taught: It may happen that one feeds his father pheasants, and yet deserved the punishment of a disrespectful son; while the other may send his father to work with a hand-mill, and yet through this action will be rewarded in the world to come. Said R. Abahu: "Abimi, my son, hath obeyed this precept even as it should be observed." For Abimi had five ordainied children during his father's life, yet when R. Abahu would reach the door Abimi would run to open the door himself, saying, while running, "Here I am coming." Upon one occasion his father asked him for a glass of water. While he was procuring it the old man fell asleep, and Abimi, reentering the room, stood by his father's side with the glass of water in his hand until the latter awoke. At this moment R. Abimi was helped by Heaven to expound the following passage (Ps. 79, 1) A Psalm of Assaph, O God, the heathen are come into Thine inheritance. R. Jacob, the son of Abahu, said unto Abaye: "For instance, in a case that happens to me when I come from the house of study, my father gives me a cup, and my mother fills it up. What shall I do?" Whereupon he said to him: "From your mother you should accept, but from your father you should not, for he studies and he will feel too exhausted to serve you." R. Tarphon had a mother; whenever she wanted to go to bed he would bend himself and she would climb upon his back, and go to bed; and whenever she wanted to leave the bed he would lie down and she would leave the bed through his help. One day he came and boasted in the house of study, whereupon his associates said to him: "You have not yet reached even as far as one-half the meaning of honor. Did it ever happen that she should throw a pocket full of money in the ocean in your presence and you did not cause her any shame because of such an action?" R. Joseph, as soon as he would hear the sound of the footsteps of his mother, would immediately get up, saying: "Let us get up before the Shechina that is coming." R. Jochanan said: "Happy is he that has never seen them." For in the case of R. Jochanan, when his mother was pregnant with him, his father died. As soon as he was born, his mother died. And so it also happened with Abaye.

(Exod. 38:21:) THESE ARE THE RECORDS OF THE TABERNACLE. When Hadrian entered the Holy of Holies of the Temple, he became arrogant there and blasphemed the Holy One.¹³Exod. R. 51:5; Tanh., Exod. 11:4. R. Hiyya bar Abba said: David said to the Holy One: Sovereign of the World, may you consider <the matter > for yourself in this way: If they had been able to make ladders and ascend on high (lema'la), they would have ascended < against you>. Thus it is stated (in Ps. 74:5): LET HIM APPEAR AS ONE WHO WIELDS AXES UPWARD (lema'la) IN A THICKET OF WOOD. However, because they were unable, they left you and came back against us, as stated (in Ps. 79:1): O GOD, THE GENTILES HAVE COME AGAINST YOUR INHERITANCE (i.e., against Israel); THEY HAVE DEFILED YOUR HOLY TEMPLE.

A new vessel filled with old wine. Another explanation of The Tabernacle of the testimony (Exod. 38:21). R. Simeon the son of Yohai said: There is no testimony other than the Torah, as it is said: These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances (Deut. 4:45). This may be compared to a king who has a daughter for whom he builds a palace. He sets it in the midst of seven other palaces and then decrees: “Anyone who approaches my daughter will be considered as though he were approaching me.” The Tabernacle was called by two names: The Tabernacle of the testimony, which is the Torah, and elsewhere: A Tabernacle of the Lord (Lev. 17:4). The Holy One, blessed be He, said: Anyone who despises My daughter is considered as though he were despising Me. That is, if a man enters the synagogue and disparages My Torah, it is as though he arose and were disparaging My honor. You know this to be so from the fact that R. Simeon the son of Yohai said: When Hadrian entered the Temple he reviled and blasphemed against God. David said: Master of the world, it should be counted against them as though they had hewn cedars and built ladders in order to ascend into the firmament to wage war against You, as it is said: It seemed as when men wield upwards axes in a thicket of trees (Ps. 74:5). Since they are unable to accomplish this, they turned on You and attacked us, as it said: O God, the heathen are come into Thine inheritance; they have defiled Thy holy temple (Ps. 79:1). All of this transpired because the Temple was seized on account of our sins.