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The Sages give several reasons why ideally the woman of the house lights the candles:

1) The woman of the house is the one normally in charge of all that happens in her home - including
ensuring that the house is properly lit.

2) The woman is the one who sets the foundation of every Jewish home. It is the woman's primary task
to ensure that the home is a domicile where light, peace, and harmony prevail, suffusing it with an
atmosphere conducive for spirituality and G-dlinesss.

3) "The candle of G-d is the soul of Man." Eve had a hand in bringing death – the extinguishing of
the G-dly candle – into this world, when she convinced her husband, Adam, to eat from the Tree of
Knowledge. To compensate for this, the responsibility of lighting the candles was handed to the
woman.

The woman of the home lights candles and technically, the entire household – husband, sons,
daughters – is covered. A woman's candle-lighting also covers guests who will be eating together
with the family and are sleeping in the same home, such as in a guest bedroom. The custom, however,
is for every woman and girl, household member and guest alike, to light her own candle (candles, if
post-marriage), starting from the age when she can recite the blessing.
[Source: http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/110392/jewish/Why-What-Who-and-Where.htm]

Let me remind the reader again that these explanations are for those who are deemed “profane,”
unworthy to have disclosed to them the true Luciferian doctrine. Why are women given the primary
role in the candle-lighting rituals? The true reason is that the entire Sabbath observance is one
extended ritual for summoning the goddess spirit into the home of the participants. For this reason,
it is the woman who is given the role of leading in this ritual. In truth, this fact of summoning the
goddess into the home is not a hidden matter. It is plainly disclosed to any who take the time to study
the origin and meanings of the Sabbath rituals. On another page of the Chabad website we find the
following information.

Why Do Women Wave Their Hands Over the Shabbat Candles?

After lighting the Shabbat candles, women traditionally wave their hands three times in front of the
candles, semi-circular inward-leading hand motions. The hand waving is a symbolic greeting for
the "Shabbat Queen," ushering her holy presence into the home. After the third wave, the hands
end up over the eyes, and the woman recites the blessings on the candles.
[ S o u r c e :
http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/674406/jewish/Why-do-women-wave-their-hands-o
ver-the-Shabbat-candles.htm]