For example, the eight-day miracle of Chanukah is beyond nature, surpassing the physical constraints of natural laws and standards. Eight represents a higher dimension of reality. God's guarantee that Abraham's children would survive forever as a nation defies the laws of nature. And yet the Jews, a numerically insignificant people, are still here, alive and well. The Brit Milah , performed on the eighth day, reminds us that Jewish survival is not a natural phenomenon, but a supernatural one.
Jewish survival defies the laws of nature.
In addition, Brit Milah is done specifically on the site that is identified with our greatest physical desires, thus empowering us to rise above the demands of our bodies. The act of circumcision must be coupled with the intention to forge a covenant between God and the Jewish people. In truth, however, the circumcision must be coupled with the intention to forge a blood pact between God and the Jewish people. For this reason a person who underwent a medical circumcision, without intent to fulfill this commandment, should undergo a subsequent procedure performed with specific intent to fulfill this mitzvah. This subsequent procedure is relatively painless, involving only the drawing of blood from the reproductive organ, but done in the name of Brit Milah .