| Kfar Tapuach | |
| Image Emblem: | Tapuchlogo.jpg |
| Emblem Caption: | Kfar Tapuach Logo |
| Meaning: | Apple Village |
| Founded: | 1978 |
| Founded By: | The Jewish Agency |
| District: | js |
| Region: | West Bank |
| Council: | Shomron |
| Affiliation: | Hapoel HaMizrachi |
| Pushpin Map: | Israel shomron |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
| Pushpin Label Position: | top |
| Coordinates: | 32.1181°N 35.25°W |
Kfar Tapuach (Hebrew: כְּפַר תַּפּוּחַ, 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. (where the 2013 Tapuah Junction stabbing took place) The executive director of the village council is Yisrael Blunder, and the chief rabbi is Shimon Rosenzwieg. In, it had a population of .
The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.[1]
According to ARIJ, Kfar Tapuach was established in 1978 on land which Israel had confiscated from the Palestinian town of Yasuf.[2]
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.[3]
The settlement includes four synagogues, two mikvaot (ritual baths) for women and men, a nursery school, and three kindergartens.[4]
Kfar Tapuach is named after biblical Tapuach (Tappuah or Tapuah[5]), 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.[6]
Kfar Tapuach is noted for its concentration of followers of the late Rabbi Meir Kahane.[7] [8]