Original sentence: (1930-2005) was the Grand Rebbe of Bobov from August of 2000 until March of 2005.He passed away  on March 23rd 2005 (12 days in Adar 5765).He succeeded his father, Rabbi Shlomo Halberstam (1907-2000), as Grand Rebbe of Bobov.His mother and two siblings died in the Holocaust, and towards the end of the war, when Rabbi Naftali was a teenager, his father, Rabbi Shlomo, managed to arrange for him to go to the Holy Land.In the late 1940's, he moved to New York, where he was reunited with his father.On his father's passing in 2000, he became the Grand Rebbe of Bobov.Rabbi Naftali lived for several years in the land of Israel, where he received his rabbinical ordination.Rabbi Shlomo remained in Europe, so Rabbi Naftali was not sure if his father had survived the war
Edited sentence: (1930-2005) was the Grand Rebbe (akin to chief rabbi)of Bobov from August of 2000 until March of 2005.He succeeded his father, Rabbi Shlomo Halberstam, as Grand Rebbe.His mother and two siblings died in the Holocaust, and toward the end of the war, when Naftali was a teenager, his father, Rabbi Solomon, managed to arrange for him to go to the Holy Land.In the late 1940s, he moved to New York, where he was reunited with his father.Naftali lived for several years in the land of Israel, where he received his rabbinical ordination.On his father's passing in 2000 he rose to become the "Grand Rebbe" of Bobov, the title which he held until his passing in 2005.Rabbi Solomon had remained in Europe, so Rabbi Naftali was not sure if his father had survived the war