Did Not Separate Challah from the Dough
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Question
Hello Rabbi. They made dough that has the amount required for separating challah but forgot to separate it. After baking, they separated it but without combining. The poskim are divided: the Levush in סימן תנז and Eliyahu Zuta in his glosses — whether after baking, when there was an amount, it still needs to be combined with a basket. In the book Pardes [Rashi] explicitly wrote that it needs to be combined with a basket, as they did not account for the absorption in the oven. The practical question is whether to separate again from the challahs by combining with a basket and account for the absorption [without a blessing] or if it is not necessary.
Answer
If there was a combination once, there is an obligation forever, even when it is no longer combined afterward.
Therefore, when the dough was in the required amount, there is no need for combining with a basket after baking.
Source
PMG YD תנז AA סק"ב.