(ROUGH CUT ONLY - NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> <br />Hundreds of Jews gather at the Western Wall in Jerusalem on Thursday to attend a mass prayer for the holiday of Passover.<br/> <br />The worshippers attended Birkat Hakohanim, the Priestly Blessing, which draws crowds from across Israel and around the world.<br/> <br />It is held three times a year.<br/> <br />Kohanim, or priests, lead the communal prayers by chanting three consecutive verses of the Torah, one word at a time, in a special song reputedly dating back to the Temple era itself.<br/> <br />The Western Wall is one of Judaism's most sacred sites, located just below the al-Aqsa compound, Islam's third most holy site.
