Hai Gaon - Rabbi Weinstoka in the 10th century in his "Answers" speaks of cosmic changes.
In the tractate Sanhedrin, which is part of the Talmud, it says: "
Seven days before the flood, the Holy One changed the original order, and the sun rose in the west and set in the east.
It is unclear if the Holy One did this or if our solar system was passing a certain point in space.
The facts are inexorable: here's a coup, here's a change in the point of sunrise, here's the subsequent floods like a Great Flood
