Kfar Tapuach

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Kfar Tapuach (Template:Langx, lit., Apple-village) is an Orthodox Jewish Israeli settlement in the West Bank, founded in 1978. It sits astride Tapuach Junction, 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 Template:Israel populations, it had a population of Template:Israel populations.Template:Citation needed

The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.<ref name="BBC_GC4">Template:Cite news</ref>

HistoryEdit

According to ARIJ, Kfar Tapuach was established in 1978 on land which Israel had confiscated from the Palestinian town of Yasuf.<ref>Yasuf Village Profile, ARIJ, p. 16</ref>

DemographicsEdit

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.Template:Citation needed 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Public servicesEdit

The settlement includes four synagogues, two mikvaot (ritual baths) for women and men, a nursery school, and three kindergartens.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Biblical TappuahEdit

Kfar Tapuach is named after biblical Tapuach (Tappuah or Tapuah<ref>Douai-Rheims 1899 American Edition</ref>), which appears in the Bible in the Book of Joshua (Template:Bibleverse) as one of the first 31 cities conquered by Joshua Bin-Nun and the children of Israel.<ref>Bitan, Hanna: 1948–1998: Fifty Years of 'Hityashvut': Atlas of Names of Settlements in Israel, Jerusalem 1999, Carta, p.34, Template:ISBN (Hebrew)</ref>

KahanismEdit

Kfar Tapuach is noted for its concentration of followers of the late Rabbi Meir Kahane.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

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