Gefen () is a moshav in central Israel. Located between Beit Shemesh and Kiryat Malakhi, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In it had a population of .
History The village was established in 1955 by Jewish immigrants from Morocco. The chosen site had previously belonged to the depopulated Arab village of Mughallis before the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
The name is taken from Psalm 80:15: "God Almighty, look down from heaven and see; watch over this grapevine."Yizhaqi, Arie (ed.): Madrich Israel (Israel Guide: An Encyclopedia for the Study of the Land), Vol.9: Judaea, Jerusalem 1980, Keter Press, p.379 (Hebrew)
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