Rabbi Moshe Gottesman was born in Canada and has worked in Israel, Chicago and Long Island, New York.

[2] Gottesman has received many awards, including, the Honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from Yeshiva University.

[4] While studying at the HTC, his main rabbinic influences included Rabbis Yisrael Mendel Kaplan and Chaim Kreiswirth.

After a year of teaching in Chicago, he began work as rabbi for the original campus in West Hempstead.

The goal of the Rabbi Moshe Gottesman Beit Midrash is to be a center of learning for students and alumni from HANC as well people who either work or study in nearby communities and schools like Hofstra University and Nassau Community College[7] Every year, Gottesman led HANC in their march at the annual Salute to Israel Day Parade in New York City.