Lighting Shabbat Candles (Part 1)

Listen to last night's class, "Lighting Shabbat Candles (Part 1)," here.

Follow along with the sources here.

For further research: 

a) Prof. Ta Shma's article on the origin of lighting 2 candles, which we briefly referenced, here.

b) R. Doniel Shreiber's summary of some of the fundamental halakhot regarding candle lighting - Part 1 and Part 2.