Table Matters

The Rambam in Moreh Nevuchim (3:45) explains the reasons for the כלי המשכן /מקדש  When he gets to the שלחן and the loaves of bread he is stuck and doesn't know the reason. Perhaps that's what the Arizal had in mind in his Piyut אסדר לסעודתא when he wrote יגלה לן טעמיה דבתריסר נהמי (He should reveal to us the reason of the 12 loaves of bread) zemiros matzav