This history covers the stages in the publicizing of the Tanya. From the Alter Rebbe saying it, writing it, allowing Chasidim to copy it, publishing it and the different printings.
The Sustaining Utterance, like its companion volume, The Long Shorter Way, is a commentary on the Tanya. Based on the second part of Tanya (entitled "The Gate of Unity and Faith" and also known as "The Education of a Child") The Sustaining Utterance examines basic theological issues, such as our knowledge of God and of our world.
Lessons in Tanya is a linear exposition and commentary on the Tanya of R. Schneur Zalman of Liadi, founder of Chabad philosophy. Beginning as a weekly Yiddish radio program in 1960, Rabbi Yosef Wineberg drew upon teachings received from Chasidic scholars at the renowned academies of Lubavitch in Europe and the writings of seven generations of Chabad Rebbes.