LB- I wasn’t talking about you. I specifically said that I was only talking about someone who is already at the stage that they are used to lighting, which doesn’t sound like it’s the case by you.
Also, the cases you mentioned are different. I hadn’t thought that not having candles counts as “forgetting”. You didn’t forget to light at candle lighting time – you just couldn’t light because you didn’t have candles.
But, I wonder if the halacha category of “forgetting” is broader than I initially thought and would include such a case? I am starting to wonder if some of the times that I have missed candle-lighting were considered to be in the halachic category of “shogeg”. Maybe the category is broader than I thought. Alternatively, maybe it’s narrower than others think. Something to look into. Thank you, Lightbrite, for opening my eyes to this. I think I have missed candle lighting several times in my life, but it never occurred to me that I had to add on candles. Either I thought those cases didn’t count as “forgetting” (because I didn’t forget to light, and it seemed to me that I was “ones”, or because I just forgot that there is such a halacha and didn’t think to ask a sheilah as to whether my cases were considered “ones” or “forgetting”.
Thank you Lightbrite for enlightening me!