Gefen

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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 on land that had belonged to the depopulated Palestinian Arab village of Mughallis. The name is taken from Psalm 80:15: "God Almighty, look down from heaven and see; watch over this grapevine."

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