Reply To: stopping with a chavrusa because he smokes.

A “rasha” is not the same thing as a “baal aveirah”. Anyone who thinks he himself is NOT a “baal aveirah” is mistaken, because nobody is perfect. We were all created with our own taivahs and you may not understand it, but there are people out there who are genuinely struggling to do the right thing. Hashem tests us all in different ways. Try not to judge. Whether or not you should accept as a chavrusah someone you know to be doing a particular aveirah depends on whether or not the aveirah will affect your learning, as well as which one of you is more likely to influence the other in that area.