Jews in the conquest of the Canaries 1481-1495

 Original text of a document of date February 7 year 1,484 , signed by kings Fernando and Isabel Kings of Spain.

“Fazele el cargo al dicho Pedro de Arevalo de seiscientos e treynta y cinco mil que dice que rescibio de contadores de cuentas…e que libraron en el tesorero Ruy Lopez ciento cinco mil a Don Abraham Bienveniste, Ciento cincuenta mil en Don Abraham Senior”.

The document says it is replacing Pedro Arevalo and this paper is performed financial analysis to those who paid the conquest of the Canary Islands as Abraham Benveniste and Abraham Senior .

Another who financed the conquest of the Canaries was Andres de Cabrera marquez of Moya of Jewish ancestry by his mother. Andres de Cabrera was married to Beatriz de Bobadilla great friend of Queen Isabel , will turn aunt of another Beatriz de Bobadilla , who married with Hernán Peraza , becoming the second Beatriz in Lady of the Gomera Island .

Highlight the figure of Gonzalo de Burgos Canary clerk and resident of Gran Canaria since 1480. Gonzalo de Burgos son of Solomon Levi, Chief Rabbi of the community of Burgos, his father also scribe.

Jews lived in Canary Islands even before the conquest , is documented for eg Beltran family who lived in the south of the island of Tenerife. Many Sephardic Jews thought that Canary could be a perfect place to escape of the inquisition and for this reason financed the conquest.

 For a long time Jewish families had political power in the Canaries but these change when came the Inquisition and  the jewish families had to put aside their Jewish practices and close the synagogues and even some of these families leave  Canary Islands and  move to London , Amsterdam , America or other parts of world .

For centuries many of those who could not or refused to leave Canary Islands continued secretly reuniting and playing a card game called " La Baraja" in realities hiding what they were doing , The Brajah .
Some retained many Jewish custom today  they even know their difference and continue lighting candles with the arrival of Shabbat .