In
Memorial to a Jewish Artist – A Baal Teshuva!
Avraham Yeshia ben Shlomo
Zalmon Smiles may his memory be for a blessing
אברהם
ישעיה בן שלמה
זלמן ז'ל
(Artist
born February 13, 1924 – died August 9, 2009 (8th of Adar 1, 5684 –
19th of Av, 5769)
Besides
being a Provider for his family , Shoshana Smiles (
wife of 58 years ) and Shlomo Zalmon
Smiles of Skokie , Il and Marsa Footer of Davie, Fl,
and Fivel Eliayhu Smiles of
Ramat Beit Shemesh , He was
a Artist in Jewish Themes. See http://www.box.net/shared/d4gn1v72jr
or www.613.org/memorial.htm for examples.
Also , he was the only one to put on tefillin
in Pascagoula , MS for over a decade. He was the only one to
have tefilin in at least a 50 mile radius and maybe
100 miles. While he prayed, Pascagoula was never flooded!
His Sukka
with 100 year old stained glass in it was the first Sukka
built in Pascagoula, MS.
For Jewish Rituals, he used the Gulf of Mexico as a Mikveh.
He helped kosher the Kitchen of the Saar 5 in Pascagoula
with Chabad Rav – Rav Rivkin of New Orleans.
The Smiles Family had the only
Kosher Kitchen in Pascagoula,
MS.
He brought the first ever special Shmura Matza to Pascagoula.
He had the only Kosher Mezuzas in Pascagoula.
His home was full of Jewish Books
and Jewish Art.
Favorite Jewish
Saying.
Moshe Emet,
Torat Emet, Moses is True and so is his Torah.
What is Man that you should know
him?
It is a tree of life to those who
grasp it.
Favorite Jewish
Songs.
The whole world is a narrow bridge;
the main thing is not to fear.
Email A-Smiles@613.org for more details or to add
antidotes.
Examples of Jewish
Art.
Jerusalem 
Battle of Warsaw
Ghetto. (
click photo for higher resolution photo ) Note –
the fighter and the man praying. Artist gives play to both types of
people.
To see more Photos of Dad Smiles – scroll down
Artist at Work – circa 1969
Web
Page created by Fivel Smiles his son