"Techiyat HaMetim" - (f.); Revival or resurrection of the dead; one of the fundamental beliefs of the Jewish Religion, and the last of the RAMBAM's list of thirteen such beliefs (one source of this list is the set of "Ani Maamin"s at the end of "Shacharit," the Morning Prayer).
http://www.ou.org/about/judaism/techiyat.htm
The above tenet came to mind when I read the following article:
Kids are texting. Parents are texting. Even grandparents are texting. But we'd never heard of the deceased texting - until now.
A new high-tech device that can be implanted into a headstone will allow the deceased to speak from the grave through text messages sent to other people's cell phones. The company claims the headstone can send messages for up to 3,200 years.
..Before he/she passes away, the consumer will write a message on the Personal RosettaStone. The message then can be transmitted to anyone who has a web-enabled cell phone. The information is stored on a microchip and is beamed via text message when the tag recognizes compatible technology on a visitors phone.
http://www.nydailynews.com/money/2010/03/16/2010-03-16_hightech_gravestone_enables_dead_people_to_communicate_with_living.html
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