{{about|the moshav|other uses|Geffen (disambiguation){{!}}Geffen}} {{Infobox Israel village | name = Gefen | hebname = גפן | image = Geffen2011.jpg | founded = 1955 | founded_by = Moroccan Jews | district = jerusalem | council = Mateh Yehuda | affiliation = Hapoel HaMizrachi | popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}} | population = {{Israel populations|Gefen}} | population_footnotes = {{Israel populations|reference}} | pushpin_map=Israel jerusalem |pushpin_mapsize=250 | pushpin_label_position = top | coordinates = {{coord|31|44|27|N|34|52|42|E|display=inline,title}} | website = }}
'''Gefen''' ({{langx|he|גֶּפֶן||Grapevine}}) is a moshav in central Israel. Located between Beit Shemesh and Kiryat Malakhi, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Gefen}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}
==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.<ref>{{cite book|title=All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_By7AAAAIAAJ |first1=Walid|last1=Khalidi|authorlink=Walid Khalidi|year=1992|location=Washington D.C.|publisher=Institute for Palestine Studies|isbn=0-88728-224-5|page=220|id={{ISBN|0-88728-224-5}} }}</ref>
The name is taken from Psalm 80:15: "God Almighty, look down from heaven and see; watch over this grapevine."<ref>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)</ref>
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Category:Moshavim Category:Populated places established in 1955 Category:Populated places in Jerusalem District Category:1955 establishments in Israel Category:Moroccan-Jewish culture in Israel