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Mintz started off as a doctor, but he became a ritual circumcisor when he [[circumcised]] a son of wife's cousin in 1979 who lived in Beaumont, Texas {{USSC|TX}}, 90 miles east of Houston, Texas{{USSC|TX}}, and the only three mohels [[mohel]]s in Houston at the time were already booked.<ref name="HoustonChronicle"/>

Mintz began to keep count of his circumcisions [[circumcision]]s shortly after beginning his [[mohel ]] career.<ref name="HoustonChronicle"/> According to his own estimations, Mintz has circumcised 9,700 babies during the past 30 years<ref name="HoustonChronicle"/>, and he aims aimed to make this number an even 10,000 by the end of 2012.<ref name="HoustonChronicle"/> His five grandsons are included in that number.<ref name="HoustonChronicle"/>