Original sentence: In Abrahamitic religions, a distinction between clean and unclean animals approximately falls according to whether the animal ruminates.In Leviticus 11:6, however, it is stated that rabbits or hares, too, chew their cud.In many English translations of the Bible the expression chewing the cud is apparantly a reference to rumination.The Law of Moses in the Bible allowed only the eating of animals that had split hooves and swallowed their food multiple times, apparantly referring to rumination, a stipulation preserved to this day in the Kashrut.This is explained by some to assume that "chewing the cud" here is used in an expanded sense to indicate food that is re-chewed through either rumination or the habit of lagomorphs of eating their own faeces.Whether an animal ruminates or not, is attributed a certain significance within certain religions
Edited sentence: The Law of Moses in the Bible allowed only the eating of animals that had split hooves and swallowed their food multiple times, a stipulation preserved to this day in the Kashrut.The close relation to rumination is apparent in many English translations of the Bible, which use the word cud in an expanded sense to indicate food that is re-chewed through either rumination or the process used by lagomorphs.This distinction between clean and unclean animals approximately falls according to whether the animal ruminates