The Magen Avraham says (OC 263:1) that if a hadlaka was missed through no fault of her own, a woman is exempt from this hiyyuv. A baalat teshuva would be patur, since in her case, she missed all the weeks of not lighting out of ignorance. Le ma’aseh, she would light extra candles if she missed a hadlaka since becoming observant.
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