[1] Among his many awards was the David's Violin Prize for Casablan, the 1954 play upon which the Israeli musical comedy stage and screen hit Kazablan was based.

Later on Mossinson studied in Beit Alfa and in the youth village of Ben Shemen.

In 1953, following the publication of the novel A Man's Way (Hebrew: דֶּרֶךְ גֶּבֶר), Mossinson had to leave the kibbutz; he moved to Moshav Beit Shearim.

[1] During the last years of his life Mossinson began developing a number of inventions, including a vehicle for cleaning pavements.

[5][6] Yigal's son Jonathan Soroko (1958–2013) was a lawyer in the United States and a co-founder of Popular Logistics.

The series, which eventually included 45 stories, won him "national acclaim" as a children's author.