Jewish%20thought for Pesachim 188:8

ורבי אליעזר אומר מאסקופת כו': ואע"ג דמצי עייל ולא אמרינן ליה קום עייל והתניא יהודי ערל שלא מל ענוש כרת דברי רבי אליעזר

The Sages of Israel maintain: The sun travels beneath the sky by day and above the sky at night; while the Sages of the nations of the world maintain: It travels beneath the sky by day and below the earth at night. Said Rabbi: And their view is preferable to ours, for the wells are cold by day but warm at night.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [On this passage v. op. cit. p. 72.]');">¹²</span>

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