Kfar Tapuach
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Kfar Tapuach כפר תפוח |
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| Coordinates: 32°7′5″N 35°15′0″E / 32.11806°N 35.25000°ECoordinates: 32°7′5″N 35°15′0″E / 32.11806°N 35.25000°E | ||
| District | Judea and Samaria Area | |
| Council | Shomrom | |
| Region | West Bank | |
| Affiliation | Hapoel HaMizrachi | |
| Founded | 1978 | |
| Founded by | The Jewish Agency | |
| Population (2015) | 970 | |
| Name meaning | Apple Village | |
Kfar Tapuach (Hebrew: כְּפַר תַּפּוּחַ, lit., Apple-village), is an Orthodox Jewish Israeli settlement in the West Bank, founded in 1978. It sits astride one of the major traffic junctions in the West Bank. The executive director of the village council is Yisrael Blunder and the chief rabbi is Shimon Rosenzwieg. In 2015, it had a population of 970.
The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.
Although its population consists entirely of Jews, Kfar Tapuach is one of the more diverse Israeli settlements, with its population coming from a range of backgrounds. Founded by a core of Habbani Yemenite Jews from the moshav of Bareket, it has since absorbed Jewish immigrants from Russia and the United States, a large group of Peruvian converts to Judaism from Trujillo, Peru, and others. Between February 2004 and August 2009, over 90 new families moved to Kfar Tapuach.
Private businesses include a grocery store, mechanic garage, moving company, goat farm, honey bee farm, Klaf (leather parchment) factory, and a perfume factory.
Kfar Tapuach is located near the archaeological site of Tapuach (Tappuah or Taphua ), which appears in the Bible in the Book of Joshua (Joshua 12:17) as one of the first 31 cities conquered by Joshua Bin-Nun and the children of Israel.
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