ז אָמַר לַחֲמִשָּׁה הֲרֵינִי מְעָרֵב עַל אֵיזֶה מִכֶּם שֶׁאֶרְצֶה רָצִיתִי אֵלֵךְ לֹא רָצִיתִי לֹא אֵלֵךְ. אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁרָצָה מִשֶּׁחָשְׁכָה יֵלֵךְ. דָּבָר שֶׁהוּא מִדִּבְרֵי סוֹפְרִים יֵשׁ בּוֹ בְּרֵרָה. וְכֵן הַמְעָרֵב לְשַׁבָּתוֹת שֶׁל כָּל הַשָּׁנָה וְאָמַר רָצִיתִי אֵלֵךְ לֹא רָצִיתִי לֹא אֵלֵךְ אֶלָּא אֶהְיֶה כִּבְנֵי עִירִי כָּל שַׁבָּת שֶׁיִּרְצֶה יֵלֵךְ אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁרָצָה מִשֶּׁתֶּחְשַׁךְ:
7 [If] one said to five people, "See that I am making an eruv for whichever one of you that I will want — if I want, [he] (I) will go [out]; if I do not want, [he] (I) will not go [out]": Even though he wanted (made his decision) from when it got dark, he may go. [This is because] there is [retroactive] clarification [about] something that is from the words of the Scribes (rabbinic). And likewise one who makes an eruv for the Shabbats of the whole year and said, "If I want, I will go [out]; if I do not want, I will not go [out], but I will rather be like the residents of the city" — may go out any Shabbat that he wants, even though he [decides] from when it got dark.