Oktoberfest traditionally starts in the third weekend in September and ends the first Sunday of October. This year it will start on September 22nd and end on October 7th.
It began as a celebration of a royal wedding held on October 12, 1810.
This year, Rosh HaShanah begins in the evening of Sunday, September 16, 2012, and ends in the evening of Tuesday, September 18, 2012, or in the Jewish calendar, the Jewish New Year of 5773.
To symbolize hope for a “Sweet New Year” apples dipped in honey are eaten. Honey represents wealth and good living. In the Bible Israel is often referred to as the land of “milk and honey”.