The Stock Exchange: Dating and marriage advice from ohev Yisroel and matchmaker Shimshon Stock

Shimshon Stock cared for everyone. He was there to listen and to help. Here, we recount some of his best and most memorable advice, including:

It is not possible to be 100% happy! If you are 50% happy you are doing well.

I have, baruch Hashem, three children, all married now, although I wish G-d had given me more. But thank G-d for these. I'm very proud of them and they're better than nothing.

...I do not put myself up as "the expert" -I'm the first to admit that I've made mistakes. I'm just another parent, who tried my best together with a good mother, my wife, Martha.

When my son Benjy was turning three years old, I went to the Rebbe, shlita, and asked him for a brachah that Benjy should be a talmid chacham and a chossid. The Rebbe, may he live and be well, said to me, "You show him."

You must get your parents' approval before taking such a big step as getting engaged. I think kids should ask parental advice at all times, frum or not.

Didn't she get Martha Stock's memo? Cook one type of fish, one salad, one main, one side, and one vegetable per Yom Tov meal, so that mothers can enjoy the time with their family.

Hold your child's hand. Walk proudly with him! But don't be a good friend to your child. He has plenty of friends at school and on the block, I hope. From you he needs firmness, good strong limits, but also love.