Halakhah for Pesachim 3:3
כֵּיצַד מַפְרִישִׁין חַלָּה בְטֻמְאָה בְיוֹם טוֹב, רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר אוֹמֵר, לֹא תִקְרָא לָהּ שֵׁם עַד שֶׁתֵּאָפֶה. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה בֶּן בְּתֵירָא אוֹמֵר, תַּטִּיל בְּצוֹנֵן. אָמַר רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ, לֹא זֶה הוּא חָמֵץ שֶׁמֻּזְהָרִים עָלָיו בְּבַל יֵרָאֶה וּבְבַל יִמָּצֵא, אֶלָּא מַפְרַשְׁתָּהּ וּמַנַּחְתָּה עַד הָעֶרֶב, וְאִם הֶחֱמִיצָה, הֶחֱמִיצָה:
How is challah separated from tumah on a festival? [i.e., If the dough has become unclean, so that the challah taken from it is not fit for consumption by a Cohein, how can it be separated on the festival of Pesach? It cannot be baked on Pesach, for it is not fit for consumption. It cannot be left over to be burned at night, for it might become chametz. It is not permitted to feed it to dogs, for it is forbidden to destroy consecrated food on a festival.] R. Eliezer says: Let him not call it by name ("challah") until it is baked, [so that each (loaf) is fit for him, for from each loaf he separates a little. And after it is baked, if he wishes, he can separate the complete challah for all. For R. Eliezer holds that if one takes (loaves) from the oven and places them into a basket, they all combine for (purposes of) challah.] R. Yehudah says: Let it (the separated dough) be placed in cold water (so that it not become chametz.)] R. Yehoshua said: This is not the chametz that we are exhorted against in bal yeraeh and bal yimatzeh. [For it is not his after he calls it by name, and it is written (Exodus 13:7): "…shall not be seen unto you" — What is yours, you may not see, but you may see that of others and that of the Exalted. And this is neither yours not that of your neighbor, not yet having reached the hand of the Cohein. And R. Eliezer holds, that since if he wishes, he can ask (absolution for his dedication), it is dedication in error, therefore, not dedication, and thus, fit for him to eat and (regarded as) the chametz of an Israelite. And R. Yehoshua holds that we do not say: "Since if he wishes, etc." The halachah is in accordance with R. Eliezer.]
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