פירוש על עבודה זרה 49:10

The Talmud asks the obvious difficulty—it says explicitly in the book of Joshua that there was no day like that in all of history. So how can we say it happened two other times! The Talmud offers two solutions—1) the sun stood still longer for Joshua; 2) There were hailstones in the time of Joshua, but not during the time when the sun stood still for Moses or Nakdimon.
This verse from Joshua is of particular appeal to me. I drive home every day past Bet Horon, on my descent to Jerusalem. And I frequently ride my bike past a junction called “Azeka” for it is near Tel Azeka. I don’t think that Bet Horon today is where ancient Bet Horon really was, but Azeka probably is. Pretty cool to live in Israel.