“The ‘burning bush’ was not a miracle. It was a test. God wanted to find out whether Moses could pay attention to something for more than a few minutes. When Moses did, God spoke. The trick is to pay attention to what is going on around you long enough to behold the miracle without falling asleep. There is another world, right here within this one, whenever we pay attention” (Rabbi Lawrence Kushner, God Was In This Place and I, I Did Not Know). On our journey from Pesach’s freedom to Shavuot’s purpose, we count the Omer together: