brit milah is the jewish ritual circumcision ceremony performed on eight-day-old male babies. the foreskin is cut off from the end of the penis. the operation is carried out by a person called a "mohel", a ritual circumciser, who has been trained and qualified for this task.this ceremony is important for many jewish people as it is a symbol of the covenant that god made with abraham. a special role on a bris have the sandek (godfather), he hold the baby at the ceremony