Related 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.]

Tosefta Pesachim

A woman who collects water that was used by a baker in order to knead [dough] with it for [use] after the Festival, behold, these (i.e., the goods for which she used the dough) are forbidden. Furthermore, women are accustomed to not kneading [dough] after a Festival with water that was heated during the Festival. § [Regarding the question of whether challah (i.e., dough separated for the Kohanim) may be separated during Passover from dough that became impure, and set aside until after Passover, even though it may ferment during Passover, see Pes. 3:3,] Rabbi Eliezer said to Rabbi Yehoshua, how can you possibly say that challah may be separated in a state of impurity during the Festival [and left to ferment], when it is written saying (Ex. 12:19), "leaven may not be found in your houses." Rabbi Yehoshua said to him, behold, [on the seventh day of Passover,] "only that which which may be eaten by every person [may be made by you]" (Ex. 12:16). Rabbi Eliezer said to him, still, the matter hangs in the balance -- who can overbalance it (i.e., what proof can either side bring to prevail in the dispute)? Rabbi Yehoshua said, I will overbalance it, for since what I perform through my own actions (lit., "with my hands") can cause me to violate a negative prohibition, thus [with respect to] that which I leave alone in the state that I found it [without interfering], how can I violate a negative commandment if it was not through my actions?

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