Joseph the Patriarch? Joseph the Patriarch? Why is Joseph not a fourth Patriarch? Rabbi Shlomo Riskin Jan 12, 2012, 9:46 PM (GMT+2) Rabbi Shlomo Riskin. A Dvar Torah from Efrat, Gush Etzion, Israel: ...

Though Joseph's Tomb has particular significance to Jewish worshipers, ... Palestinian protesters set fire to a tomb revered by some Jews as the tomb of the biblical patriarch Joseph on Thursday.